hem and haw
Example Sentences
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Most real estate TV quests are partially faked; many times, the couples have already bought the home they pretend to hem and haw over before choosing it in the end.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2021
He’d rather hem and haw, leaving everybody in limbo, than deliver bad news.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2017
Winners take bold actions, dominate others and impose their will on the world; losers hem and haw, dither and consult, exercise restraint.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2017
Amid all the door-knocking last weekend, most of what voters did was hem and haw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2015
Hemi is half, hemisphere, hemmed-in, hemlock, hem and haw.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
