hawed

verb

past tense of haw
as in hemmed

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  1. hesitated
  2. vacillated
  3. dithered
  4. waited
  5. paused
Verb
  • When asked if Airbnbs are legal at The Club, Alvarez hesitated.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • The French back line hesitated for a brief second, anticipating a potential foul, but Porro pressed the advantage and side-footed a shot past Mike Maignan in the 58th minute for the backbreaking goal.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Definition of hesitated
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  • In the decade-plus that followed, player attendance vacillated.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 9 July 2026
  • Faced with a tough decision, Chiles vacillated.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
Definition of vacillated
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  • But phase two of the program kept getting delayed, in part because Congress dithered on funding.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • Sarah Finnane dithered mightily before deciding on this wild wallpaper for the new powder room.
    — Gary Thompson, Midwest Living, 5 June 2026
Definition of dithered
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  • Elyse waited for her daughter to come out while May grew her hair long and asked for bows to wear in it.
    — Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 18 July 2026
  • The Colonial Marines Cameron waited until late on in production to shoot the scene where the Colonial Marines wake up from hypersleep.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of waited
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  • But at least three states — Oregon, Rhode Island and Michigan — have paused their work as a result of the OBBB.
    — Julie Wernau, NPR, 22 July 2026
  • The start of the war in March saw oil prices spike and gas and diesel prices follow, only to fall when the shooting paused a few weeks later.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Definition of paused
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