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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Dasha led the melodic charge with short phrases that captured the character’s hesitance.
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
That could indicate a hesitance to cut rates because lower rates can give inflation more fuel.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
This is partly a reflection of the collapse of studio interest in newsy documentaries as well as hesitance around a movie that condemns Israeli policies.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Some Republican lawmakers have expressed hesitance to focus on a DOGE dividend rather than lowering the national deficit or expanding tax cuts, according to Forbes.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
That could indicate a hesitance to cut rates because lower rates can give inflation more fuel.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
This is partly a reflection of the collapse of studio interest in newsy documentaries as well as hesitance around a movie that condemns Israeli policies.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Some Republican lawmakers have expressed hesitance to focus on a DOGE dividend rather than lowering the national deficit or expanding tax cuts, according to Forbes.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hesitance. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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hesitance
noun
hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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