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Examples of hesitance in a Sentence
sales figures for the month were up, as consumers began to overcome their hesitance about purchasing big-ticket items
she mistook my hesitance to mean I didn't like her poem, but I was trying to come up with appropriate words of praise
Recent Examples of hesitance from the Web
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And given the Trump family’s inveterate mendacity, the steady stream of damning new details surrounding the Russia story, and the fact that the president tends to ignore professional advice, their hesitance is perfectly understandable.
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That hesitance about public celebration, however, would not last.
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Like Tron: Legacy or Star Trek: Into Darkness, an insistence on too-obvious callbacks mixed with hesitance to deface what came before left Shadow of Mordor feeling like a very extensive fan-fiction.
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In short, Mary believes, a parent's hesitance to accept all that comes with gender transition shouldn't be interpreted as homophobia or a lack of love, but rather shock and grief at the loss of one child even as another child emerges.
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The hesitance comes, in part, from Bonifacio’s limited time at the major-league level and the upside the organization still sees in Soler.
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Despite hesitance and resistance from state lawmakers, Gov. Jerry Brown is refusing to budge from his goal of reaching a deal next month to extend California's cap-and-trade program.
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This was a chance to truly, measurably illustrate that the Padres recognize fan hesitance during a slow, long-term rebuild where prices — from tickets to concessions – have outmatched the product.
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His hesitance in this case swung the board’s final decision.
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First Known Use of hesitance
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