How to Use hesitance in a Sentence

hesitance

noun

• If much of this hesitance was due to myths, at least a portion was due to a lack of good recipes.
  — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
• Was there any hesitance on your part of taking up the role because of this?
  — Alim Kheraj, GQ, 16 Mar. 2018
• The project still suffers from the hesitance of many farmers.
  — Egab, Quartz, 15 Sep. 2022
• But vaccine hesitance among younger adults presents a challenge.
  — NBC News, 26 Mar. 2021
• Lobell said cost plays a key role in the hesitance to innovate.
  — James Manso, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
• Yet there's a compelling hesitance to it; something more is coming here.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 18 June 2018
• The first was Tiger's lack of speed and overall hesitance to attack tee shots and balls in the rough.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• That hesitance seems to have been replaced by more confidence.
  — Giana Han, al, 27 Nov. 2020
• Evan wasn’t surprised at her husband’s initial hesitance about the suit.
  — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 17 Nov. 2022
• Her only hesitance was how much the internet has changed culture in the past decade.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
• This patience and hesitance to pay up when the market looked good in early trading has served us well so far.
  — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
• People's livelihoods are on the line so there will be hesitance early in the season.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
• But Biden's hesitance says less about his age and more about his analysis of the problem.
  — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022
• At least part of the hesitance can be attributed to the pandemic.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2021
• Despite her hesitance, she's been in a good place throughout her pregnancy thus far.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
• In the chaos of cuts and drives, of yells and motion, Lawson spotted the hesitance.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2026
• That hesitance may have led to an increase in fatalities from diseases not linked to the virus.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2021
• That hesitance to invest comes even as stocks have attained new highs in a mostly gentle ride upward.
  — Stan Choe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
• But in that moment my need for a spicy sour dilly crunch greatly overpowered any hesitance.
  — Shani Hillian, Bon Appétit, 23 June 2022
• Getty's hesitance to give up any slice of his fortune is what leads to the to the show's inciting moment.
  — refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Jax can be a little cautious around new people, and because of his hesitance a home with no small children might be best.
  — idahostatesman, 22 Jan. 2018
• One of the factors weighing on Netanyahu in his hesitance to fire him now has been fear of a second such night.
  — Mick Krever, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
• Nissan’s hesitance to agree to the deal was a contributing factor in the breakdown.
  — Ben Dooley, New York Times, 10 June 2019
• These skydivers understand the hesitance to jump out of a perfectly good plane.
  — Patrice Gaines, NBC News, 13 July 2024
• Others, like Choi, believe that knowledge gaps are to blame for donor hesitance to get involved.
  — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 25 May 2026
• The report was reflective of the hesitance of employers to step up wages, even in a strong job market.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• Dasha led the melodic charge with short phrases that captured the character’s hesitance.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
• Despite all my hesitance, my fear that the show was as soul-crushing as the fandom seemed to whisper … was incorrect.
  — Eliot Glazer, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2022
• The hesitance to open the product up to public is understandable.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 May 2022
• But that is where the similarities end, and where the hesitance to believe the Knicks had a chance at the reigning champs seeps in deep.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025