How To Use Swither In A Sentence
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Unlike the Celtic centre-back, the Ibrox defender was allowed to swither over an offer from Dundee United.
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By three, we're swithering about moving to the catchment area of the best state primary.
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Strong cruel brutes, they did not swither a moment, but both leaped at M'Iver's throat.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
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French target Bobo Balde of Toulouse is still swithering over coming to Celtic.
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Good night to you, Sir Churchman; I'm in nae swither whether I would change places wi 'ye the night, but weemen are daft craturs, poor things, and I've had my day.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran
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So the only thing that surprised when he was asked if he would take a draw and a replay at Ibrox, was the fact that he swithered, albeit fleetingly, before deciding against it.
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He is swithering about possibly riding Blowing Wind, however, as he is consistent and has been placed twice in the past two years.
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Then, very abruptly, fixing his eyes on me, all of a swither, with my milk-stained cap in my hand,
The Yeoman Adventurer
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This was reinforced by supportive messages from pals and, while I swithered, they gave me business introductions and I waited for my restrictive covenant to end,’ he said.
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On the day she saw the GP, Del Veneziano was still swithering.
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They found the office in a "swither," as Harry said, over the revelations of fraud that were coming to light every day.
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He swithered for a while,then told me yes.
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I pursued my journey to Fulton, and laughed heartily to think what a swither I had left poor Job in.
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He seemed in a swither as to whether I was a fit confidant or not in such a matter, but at last would appear to decide in my favour.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
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When Crowe began casting for a leading lady to complement Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire, he was apparently still swithering over who to give the part to when his star arrived for his first costume check.
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I pick out sleekit (sly) which I know from Burns, but most words: swick (cheat) swither (dither) and jouk (dodge) are new to me.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
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The two remaining guards had swithered and decided to flee.
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And as ill-luck had it, his ill counsel found me on the swither, as yours did when
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
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So, I'm swithering at the moment about whether I will realistically be able to give up the alcohol.
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I'd been swithering all week, but now the prospect of endless cups of tea, the Sunday papers and a whole afternoon of Dawson's Creek and the central heating on full blast seemed very appealing.
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They found the office in a "swither," as Harry said, over the revelations of fraud that were coming to light every day -- book-keeper, clerk, and timber-checker having all been in conspiracy to defraud the company.
The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa
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It's an exhilarating poem with its paradoxical guarantee of risk: there is nothing as vacillating here as a ‘swither’ and it is none the worse for it.
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A man in a swither is a man half absent, as poor a fighter as he is indifferent a lover; the enemy and the girl will escape him ere he has throttled the doubt at his heart There's one test to my mind for all the enterprises of man -- are they well contrived and carried to a good conclusion?
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
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The wind smells of the Wear, sprays rain on the wall and growls with an insistent swither.
Make This My Default Location (I) : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
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We swithered about joining the EU, reducing our influence on it, and now we are swithering about the euro.
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I swithered about going to Waulkmill, as the tide was only just starting to ebb, but fortunately I did, because I was able to see 3 Brent Geese (pale bellied) as well as Shelduck, Common Gull and Pheasant.
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I am swithering, I have to say, not least because of the cravat.
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Oh, they'll shift and swither and plot, and ye'll be approached (discreetly) with more hints and ploys and assurances of good will than ye can count.
Flashman And The Mountain Of Light
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It's like the MMR jab, people were swithering whether to go ahead with it.
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I swithered quite hard over some words - like committee, which you spell ‘comatee’ in Scots - but decided to take it one step at a time.’
