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hawing

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verb

present participle of haw

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawing
Noun
  • How to check airport TSA wait times There are several ways to check the real-time waiting period at security checkpoints and border crossings.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Parolees, who previously would be eligible after a 5-year waiting period, are also no longer able to receive SNAP benefits.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Food halls Food halls are our answer to group indecision.
    Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Her character, Zosia, may have had to honor Carol Sturka’s (Rhea Seehorn) request for an atom bomb, but based on their parting glance, Wydra still senses some indecision from Carol about this manner of escalation.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Virginia Ritter spent most of her of the rest of her life vacillating between empathy and anger for her daughter's killer, all the while serving as a fierce victims' rights advocate in Nashville.
    Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
  • By the end of March 2018 Aydın seemed unsure whether to try to clear his name or lay low, vacillating between the two strategies.
    Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • From plane seatback organizers to carry-on cup holders, these accessories can save you from boarding delays and other headaches—starting at $9.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Hi Lab positions HyDee as a response to those challenges by eliminating charging delays associated with battery systems.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Despite unified denouncements of antisemitism, Fetterman criticized colleagues for hesitating to fully confront anti-Israel hostility.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
  • After a 5% rebound rally, the benchmark is hesitating a bit around 6850, comfortably near the upper end of a two-month range but perhaps marking some time to gather itself ahead of next week's Fed meeting.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • So there's no hesitation in that regard.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Tuesday's result capped a tumultuous final month that saw national Republican condemnation, Democratic hesitation and equivocation, and a barrage of attack ads.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There was no dithering, just a window of opportunity narrowing by the minute.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Reading Cuba in War Time, we’re reminded that war reporting was never free of this struggle and vacillation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Blyth stands out largely because his character harbors the most internal conflict, but his vacillation between bullying patronization and pitiable wreck generates tonal whiplash all the same.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Hawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawing. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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