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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
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Despite younger drinkers’ hesitance with buying beer and flat sales, Big Beer companies aren’t facing an existential threat.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 4 July 2024
By embracing cultural hesitance, joined economic focus, strict academic focus, community preservation and maintenance, and a cautious relationship with the government, Black conservatism provides a blueprint for sustained progress and empowerment.
—Shermichael Singleton, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
Higgins said his hesitance did not arise from the challenge of being an outsider and change agent in an agency reputed to be resistant to both.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
Katagiri initially turns her down, and his hesitance is exacerbated when his wife presents the idea of retiring and moving away from the city.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 4 July 2024
By embracing cultural hesitance, joined economic focus, strict academic focus, community preservation and maintenance, and a cautious relationship with the government, Black conservatism provides a blueprint for sustained progress and empowerment.
—Shermichael Singleton, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
Higgins said his hesitance did not arise from the challenge of being an outsider and change agent in an agency reputed to be resistant to both.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
Katagiri initially turns her down, and his hesitance is exacerbated when his wife presents the idea of retiring and moving away from the city.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hesitance. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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hesitance
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hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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