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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Though the party may not explicitly endorse such behaviors, its hesitance to denounce them outright can be perceived as tacit approval, alienating voters who value law and order.
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Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2025
This is partly a reflection of the collapse of studio interest in newsy documentaries as well as hesitance around a movie that condemns Israeli policies.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Seeing the toll these illnesses can have on patients, some countries experience less hesitance with vaccination than the US does, according to experts.
—Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Boomers are more likely to emphasize resilience, self-reliance, and the belief that personal struggles should be handled privately, that seeking help is a weakness, resulting in a hesitance to seek external support like therapy.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2025
This is partly a reflection of the collapse of studio interest in newsy documentaries as well as hesitance around a movie that condemns Israeli policies.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Seeing the toll these illnesses can have on patients, some countries experience less hesitance with vaccination than the US does, according to experts.
—Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Boomers are more likely to emphasize resilience, self-reliance, and the belief that personal struggles should be handled privately, that seeking help is a weakness, resulting in a hesitance to seek external support like therapy.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for hesitance
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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hesitance. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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hesitance
noun
hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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