dither

He was in quite a dither when I dismissed him.

But the morning of June 5 found her in a dither anyway.

Congress is in something of a dither, uncertain what to do.

In such cases the use of dither fish is recommended.

He was in altogether too much of a dither as to what, actually, to expect.

"I went home from that meeting in a complete dither," she said.

"What a dither the song writers would be in up here!"

Had me all in a dither at first, I can tell you."

She was calm when the rest of us were in a dither."

Point operations, such as ordered dither, do not have these complications.

Probably just sit on my Throne and dither, hoping someone else would come up with a plan.

Dither had had her hands full these last few days, and she wanted no more of that.

And even when they are calm, what they do best is dither.

One recent day when it was time for the literacy block, the children returned from lunch in a dither.

He was in a dither, but that was not unusual.

Am currently racing to finish Possession so all in a dither.

Having worked myself up into a fine dither, I opened the door farther and peeked out.

Not long after that, the board voted its approval, and the room erupted into a democratic dither.

By 1964 dither was being used in the modern sense described in this article.

When he released her, the redhead seemed to be in a dither of delight.

But why are we all in a dither?

Bang: people got dead without moral dither or sentimental regret.

I've never seen Mother in such a dither.

"Took off in a dither," Jaime told her when she found him on the verandah.

"Seemed to me that you've been in a dither, too, milady."

Many companies are still dithering over whether to help with day care at all.

While I dithered in the hall someone behind me said past.

Well, no sense dithering; he was going to have to deal with it.

For years, it appeared to dither about the future of the 747.

The Museum committee, however, dithered and asked for more information.

They hate being told they're a lot of dithering old women.

That first evening, I turned the game back on after half an hour of dithering.

Still dithering over what to do during the silly season?

In the street we stood apart also, dithering a moment.

She then spent another hour dithering about what to wear.

I dithered as to whether to drop that on him.

He knew he'd dithered back and forth long enough, it was time for action.

They took the sight and dithered over it until no one was near.

For months, the city dithered, unsure what to do with the money.

Meredith was dithering a good bit at the other end.

While she dithered, he would be planning his next murder.

The longer everyone dithers, the worse will be the consequences.

I dithered about putting a guard on him, decided not to.

He saw Myra dithering in the door of her office.

Jesus, the damage that's been done while they were dithering!

Without dither the low level may cause the least significant bit to "stick" at 0 or 1.

Now they are showing foreign policy initiative, and the West is dithering.

"Now, quit dithering around and help me up off this floor."

He dithered around that worry through the end of the shift.

I'm dithering between getting it over with in January, and waiting for spring.