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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In 2019, when recounting that milestone from her own perspective, McCaskey first recalled the sharp anxiety leading up to the game and her hesitance to answer any of the league’s logistical questions about preparing for the trophy presentation ceremony.
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Intelligence officials are likely to be concerned about the long-term effect that Trump’s policies will have on their agencies’ roles and authorities, leading to caution and hesitance that harm operational effectiveness.
—Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
In fact, she’s seen this resistance firsthand when folks in her co-living spaces express hesitance about accepting babysitting help pro-bono.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
So maybe some of the resistance in the right wing became neutral, and some of the hesitance among the parties in the center of Danish politics became slightly positive.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Intelligence officials are likely to be concerned about the long-term effect that Trump’s policies will have on their agencies’ roles and authorities, leading to caution and hesitance that harm operational effectiveness.
—Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
In fact, she’s seen this resistance firsthand when folks in her co-living spaces express hesitance about accepting babysitting help pro-bono.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
So maybe some of the resistance in the right wing became neutral, and some of the hesitance among the parties in the center of Danish politics became slightly positive.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024
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 2 Mar. 2025.
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hesitance
noun
hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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