hither and thither

phrase

old-fashioned + literary

: in various and usually random directions : here and there

traveling/wandering hither and thither

Examples of hither and thither in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Audience avatars would regularly crash the runway, flying hither and thither, but there was no security. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022

But as director Christopher Ashley sends the columns gliding hither and thither to create various interiors and exteriors, the structures often … wobble. — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2021

Momoa seems to sense that the story is wandering dazedly hither and thither, none too fast, and needs punching awake. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2021

Same with Sitake, a man seemingly mystified, searching high and low, wide and far, hither and thither, hunting, scratching, grasping for the right conclusion. — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2021

All the elements to the left of plutonium in the periodic table are quite willing to share electrons with each other, gaily forming compounds hither and thither; the elements to the right, far less so. — Valerie Brown, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018

Rhymes for hither and thither

• cither
• dither
• hither
• ither
• slither
• whither
• zither