How to Use indecision in a Sentence

indecision

noun

• They were paralyzed by indecision.
• The time for indecision is over if the West is to save itself.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 6 Nov. 2023
• When faced with indecision, resist the impulse to contract your arms and hold close to the wall.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler-George, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2021
• So much so, in fact, that some leaders get stuck in the quicksand of indecision.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• Be on the lookout for indecision, and be ready to decide on a path and move forward.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2020
• Blind or not, there certainly seems to be lot of indecision and tears in the new trailer.
  — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• The trade-off is that indecision comes with a cost, one way or another.
  — Martha C. White, wsj.com, 16 Oct. 2023
• The indecision at the trade deadline the last two seasons was reflective of that.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• If you're plagued with indecision, choose something from this list of the best classic horror movies of all time.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 19 Aug. 2022
• That indecision has left an opening for what were once Wall Street’s go-to stocks—the megacap tech players.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
• And the measured style that had been a campaign asset had begun to look like indecision.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2020
• Her struggles on those holes stemmed from indecision on clubs.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• The 16-year-old obliged and made her way over to the jewelry before her older sister called her to the dressing room for help with her indecision.
  — Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2023
• And the lane-keeping assist isn't as advanced as rivals' and tends to wander from edge to edge of a lane with drunken indecision.
  — Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022
• Life isn’t about staying stuck in indecision or in your mistakes.
  — Ellevate, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
• Not the indecision that comes from lack of courage or will, mind you, but from information lacking any sort of detail.
  — Steve Straessle, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2020
• This works well on a show like the Bachelorette, which thrives on the drama of indecision and competition.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2020
• In that moment of indecision, the second hero of this story arrived.
  — David Murray, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• Overthinking can happen at any time of day or night and can leave people frozen in indecision.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 4 June 2021
• What could read as evidence of Aretha’s indecision begins to feel like an endurance test for the reader.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
• Those with the disorder report feeling indecision about what to discard, or fear the item will be needed in the future.
  — Carol Mathews, Quartz, 23 Nov. 2020
• In coming years, many households may simply not move out of a kind of paralysis of indecision.
  — New York Times, 27 May 2022
• For me, at least, buying plants comes with a sense of overwhelming indecision, guilt, regret.
  — Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2021
• House of the Dragon seems keen to emphasize that Viserys is a good man but a wavering ruler, and his indecision will beget its own horrors.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 4 Sep. 2022
• After years of drift and indecision, a new sense of vigor and purpose permeates Bonn.
  — Theo Sommer, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2023
• Moreover, the country is mired in indecision and gridlock.
  — River Clegg, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2022
• Kids sprint down the block and stare at the menu, paralyzed by indecision, before counting out their money and ripping into their frozen treats.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
• These wooden dice can make that indecision a little bit easier — or at least help settle on a genre.
  — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2022
• My worst fault is indecision — not being able to decide which of the 15 things I am meant to be doing in any one moment and prioritizing.
  — Kadish Morris, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• If indecision persists or is unusually severe, put some Wagner on and add a six-pack of Beck's to the mix.
  — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 28 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024