Definition of HESITANCE

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 on the Web

And part of the hesitance to engage in pre-2020 electoral proxy warfare comes from senators’ tacit agreement to focus their energies on Senate seats. — Gabriel Debenedetti, Daily Intelligencer, "Democrats’ 2020 Hopefuls Refuse to Disagree (on the Midterms)," 1 July 2018 Teams took advantage, using it more often to avoid the awkward balance between players remaining on the active roster while nursing injuries and a hesitance to miss much time. — James Wagner, New York Times, "Mets Win a Laugher, but Cespedes Remains in Injury Limbo," 15 May 2018 The mother's hesitance to report the crime underscores long-running concerns that undocumented immigrants are reluctant to engage with law enforcement out of fear of deportation, Salazar said. — Samantha Schmidt, Houston Chronicle, "Deputy accused of sexually assaulting girl, 4, threatening to have mother deported if she spoke up," 18 June 2018 Yet there's a compelling hesitance to it; something more is coming here. — Sandra Upson, WIRED, "Westworld Recap, Season 2 Episode 9: The Many Lives of the Man in Black," 18 June 2018 Keim was getting roundly destroyed for his offseason and hesitance on trading into the top five. — The Heat Index, azcentral, "NFL draft reaction: Arizona Cardinals among biggest winners in 2018 NFL draft?," 30 Apr. 2018 Investors’ hesitance now marks a reversal after many entered 2018 expecting a surge of global growth and inflation. — Daniel Kruger, WSJ, "Slumping Real Yields Reflect Slow-Growth Pains," 6 June 2018 There's been some hesitance on the part of the North Koreans, after the second meeting with Xi, because the Chinese want a seat at the table. — NBC News, "Meet the Press - May 27, 2018," 27 May 2018 Keim was getting roundly destroyed for his offseason and hesitance on trading into the top five. — The Heat Index, azcentral, "NFL draft reaction: Arizona Cardinals among biggest winners in 2018 NFL draft?," 30 Apr. 2018

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