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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Josh Brolin, who played big brother Brandon Walsh, expressed hesitance about a second movie.
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Probably not, given the company’s strange hesitance to part ways with its current leadership.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Hawley clearly didn’t feel the same level of hesitance regarding comparisons between Alien: Earth and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
This history of volatility, paired with a high stock price, contributes to investor hesitance.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Probably not, given the company’s strange hesitance to part ways with its current leadership.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Hawley clearly didn’t feel the same level of hesitance regarding comparisons between Alien: Earth and Ridley Scott’s Alien.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
This history of volatility, paired with a high stock price, contributes to investor hesitance.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hesitance
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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hesitance. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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hesitance
noun
hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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