hesitancy

Example Sentences

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So I don’t feel any hesitancy about maintaining the path I’m on, and I feel I have full support of the sitting and retired judges.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

"Simply, people don't know what's going to happen… so there is a level of hesitancy," he told reporters in late April.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

"It's likely that there will be a bit more hesitancy and that passengers will book their flights less far in advance," a phenomenon already seen during the Covid pandemic, Chiambaretto said.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

“Their hesitancy to cut rates, I think, is actually ... quite a mark against them,” he said on CNBC.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

When they walked, their stride quickened; all the peasant hesitancy of their speech vanished as their voices became clipped, terse.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright