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
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But the unwillingness to even take them, the same hesitance that Nance and most others believed was in the past, is hurting his overall game.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
After a little practice breathing through the tube and getting past her initial hesitance, Jenner puts her face into the water, and comes back up immediately, her hair stuck to her skin.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Jan. 2026
Citing Chinese academic research, the report notes that financial and time pressures, especially the cost and burden of child care, are major factors contributing to families’ hesitance.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
The judge continued to echo his hesitance following the reveal and shared an Instagram Stories post posing the question for fans.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
After a little practice breathing through the tube and getting past her initial hesitance, Jenner puts her face into the water, and comes back up immediately, her hair stuck to her skin.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Jan. 2026
Citing Chinese academic research, the report notes that financial and time pressures, especially the cost and burden of child care, are major factors contributing to families’ hesitance.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
The judge continued to echo his hesitance following the reveal and shared an Instagram Stories post posing the question for fans.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hesitance. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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hesitance
noun
hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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