hesitation

Example Sentences

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Their willingness to share didn't mean there weren't moments of hesitation about where, if anywhere, the line should be drawn.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

These shortcuts make impulse buying “almost effortless,” Florida-based VyStar Credit Union says, and removing the ease of a one-tap purchase forces a moment of hesitation that could save your budget.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

So watching two-time world champion Malinin fall to his first defeat in over two years, she responded without hesitation.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

However, the one-hour chart shows two bullish divergences on the relative strength index, with lower “wicks” signaling hesitation to break lower immediately, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

But there was as yet no general crisis for the two-spheres theory: the geographers summoned by Ferdinand and Isabella to advise on Columbus’s plans had no hesitation in dismissing them out of hand.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton