dither
noun
a trembling; vibration.
had dithered
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past perfectof dither.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In 2022, 17 years after the Rolling Stones released their most recent album of original songs, Mick Jagger decided the band had dithered and procrastinated long enough.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Michelle Brown, whose 97-year-old aunt lives at the home, claimed staff had "dithered" for days.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2022
He urged his father-in-law to go ahead with a ban on some travel from Europe and to declare a national emergency, after Mr. Trump had dithered and second-guessed himself for agreeing to it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2020
It likely didn’t help that CBS had dithered about whether the series would continue without its original creators, requiring the writers to vamp as the backstage economics worked themselves out.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
And I had dithered like an aspen leaf!
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
