hesitation
Example Sentences
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Silver may offer another chance, but in a market this volatile, hesitation could mean missing it.
From Barron's
So when this tall good-looking young man appeared with apprentice papers from a good firm in Berlin, Father hired him without hesitation.
From Literature
I recovered my step, hoping he hadn’t noticed the hesitation.
From Literature
He noted the word “rahi” means “shepherd” in Arabic, and that Al-Rahi was a “true pastor” who had rushed to help wounded parishioners “without hesitation.”
From Los Angeles Times
She described a “hesitation to apply regulatory flexibility through surrogate endpoints, natural history studies and external controls.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
