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to make a fuss or be agitated; and/or to be unable to make a decision- No matter: Dagwood still battled Mr. Dithers.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- And whilst they dither, we will send out word secretly to likely friends in the stormlands and the Reach.George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
- No need to dither here and lose our time, our great work still undone.Homer -- The Iliad
- Ekström is in a dither because this also seems to be the line of defence Giannini is going to use at the trial.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- Shall I dither about whether to defend myself because it will cause someone pain?Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
- Brom had not dithered, which was something Saphira had liked about him.Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
- I've seen it many times, her dithering, fumble-footed efforts to appease him.Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
- Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers
- Gellert was there in the house when it happened, and he came back to my house all of a dither, told me he wanted to go home the next day.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Even if he had threatened her with his gun it must have been in a kind of dither, and more than likely she was escaping from his trouble not his threats.Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
- It was ridiculous dithering about it.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- "Well, dithering won't help," I said.Megan Whalen Turner -- The Thief
- Jan, now in a little bit of a dither, went on handing out tracts—in a dead quiet—until she had given everyone one.Phil Robertson -- Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
- What is this dithering?Homer -- The Odyssey
- The chairman I forced on them while letting them elect him is a ditherer who could not unravel a piece of string—thinks every subject needs 'more study.'Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- It probably looked like I was just dithering over whether or not I was going to approach them.Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
- And don't forget to pack your trunks... a prefect... oh, I'm all of a dither!'J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Madam Malkin dithered for a moment on the spot, then seemed to decide to act as though nothing was happening in the hope that it wouldn't.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 'Well, sir,' said Sam dithering a little.J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring
- Crazy dithered around Stephen in the kitchen.David Almond -- Clay
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