hesitation

Example Sentences

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Now that the money is my inheritance, however, I feel a deep hesitation about using it for these milestones.

From MarketWatch

And after a second’s hesitation she nodded and drank from their bottle, spilling a little down her front.

From Literature

Nielsen, 34, thanked Macron for "standing by us without hesitation."

From Barron's

"It was the best decision she could have made," Abena says today without hesitation, speaking to the BBC surrounded by friends and family at a restaurant in the Ghanaian capital, Accra.

From BBC

Rather than showing a lack of interest, this points to hesitation driven by fear of misinterpretation, rejection or cultural judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal