as in ambivalent
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as in faltering
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
I didn't hesitate to tell them that what they were doing was wrong and that I wanted no part of it
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hesitating
Adjective
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This time the response to Fetterman’s pilgrimage, which caught most senior Democrats by surprise, was more ambivalent.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025 -
Yet much of the public, even in conservative states, remains ambivalent about vouchers: Voters in Nebraska and Kentucky just rejected them in ballot referendums.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Mark forms a shaky alliance in an all-or-nothing play, while the team makes a dangerous last stand.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Throughout last year art dealers have spoken about tough market conditions and a shaky financial climate.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Some chatted among themselves, waiting to understand the meaning behind the invitation Saffold passed out to a select few students only weeks before.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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Armando, who was deemed healthy after receiving a treatment for an ear infection, is now one of the dogs waiting for his forever home at the shelter's Rob & Melani Walton Papago Park Campus.—
Karen Bartunek,
The Arizona Republic,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Cherry rues the random nature of these instances of trauma, which explode only to be forgotten five minutes later, subsumed beneath the next crisis.—
Sam Worley,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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Choosing a random cabin location Choose your cabin location with careful consideration and a strategic approach.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Her dull, aimless life in Chicago as a cleaner who's stuck with her relatives is the opposite of special though.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Oh, the delicious irony of Mr. Only the Ivies Count Lest Your Child Fail to Launch having a daughter who’s in an aimless 19th month of a gap year between high school and college.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Hesitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hesitating. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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