How to Use hesitance in a Sentence

hesitance

noun

• 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
• 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
• The project still suffers from the hesitance of many farmers.
  — Egab, Quartz, 15 Sep. 2022
• Was there any hesitance on your part of taking up the role because of this?
  — Alim Kheraj, GQ, 16 Mar. 2018
• The best way to quash that hesitance is to practice solving.
  — New York Times, 26 June 2022
• 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
• 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
• People's livelihoods are on the line so there will be hesitance early in the season.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
• Nissan’s hesitance to agree to the deal was a contributing factor in the breakdown.
  — Ben Dooley, New York Times, 10 June 2019
• The report was reflective of the hesitance of employers to step up wages, even in a strong job market.
  — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• That hesitance may have led to an increase in fatalities from diseases not linked to the virus.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2021
• Yet there's a compelling hesitance to it; something more is coming here.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 18 June 2018
• Palmer and Darlington knew of his hesitance about the names, but assured him the town and street names would bring in worldwide visitors.
  — Katelyn Reinhart, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
• There's been some hesitance on the part of the North Koreans, after the second meeting with Xi, because the Chinese want a seat at the table.
  — NBC News, 27 May 2018
• Their hesitance has been one reason for the sluggish start to the U.S. vaccination drive.
  — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
• Although she’s heard the hesitance among Black men in her circle, Ross said the worries come mostly from women.
  — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2020
• His hesitance in this case swung the board’s final decision.
  — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2017
• Evan wasn’t surprised at her husband’s initial hesitance about the suit.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 17 Nov. 2022
• 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
• 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 idea didn’t sit well with Mayor Ron Nirenberg and other council members — whose hesitance all but killed it for now.
  — Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021
• The hesitance to open the product up to public is understandable.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 May 2022
• But vaccine hesitance among younger adults presents a challenge.
  — NBC News, 26 Mar. 2021
• But his hesitance does not appear to extend to cyberspace.
  — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• These skydivers understand the hesitance to jump out of a perfectly good plane.
  — Patrice Gaines, NBC News, 13 July 2024
• 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
• That hesitance seems to have been replaced by more confidence.
  — Giana Han, al, 27 Nov. 2020
• This is not unusual for a new modality, but given CMS’s past hesitance, people are trying to read between the lines.
  — Mario Aguilar, STAT, 25 July 2024
• But sources told Axios that, at least in the case of congressional Democratic leaders, that was more out of deference to the process than hesitance to support Harris.
  — Andrew Solender, Axios, 22 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024