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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This hesitance is due to a shortage of anesthesiologists in some areas, unregulated costs of the procedure, and lingering misconceptions about possible side effects, according to experts cited by China Daily.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Since many experts predict a recession in the near future, this only stokes the fear of loss further when the hesitance is high to begin with.
—Tim Koller, Time, 20 May 2025
The Trump administration’s hesitance to backstop Ukrainian and European security may be the jolt the EU needs to commit to working with Turkey.
—Mustafa Kutlay, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
Yet there remains a hesitance about criticizing the president directly.
—USA Today, 12 July 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Since many experts predict a recession in the near future, this only stokes the fear of loss further when the hesitance is high to begin with.
—Tim Koller, Time, 20 May 2025
The Trump administration’s hesitance to backstop Ukrainian and European security may be the jolt the EU needs to commit to working with Turkey.
—Mustafa Kutlay, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
Yet there remains a hesitance about criticizing the president directly.
—USA Today, 12 July 2025
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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hesitance. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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hesitance
noun
hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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