How to Use hesitation in a Sentence

hesitation

noun
  • What drives the hesitation is rarely bad code.
    — Khurram Javed Mir, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • There was no hesitation in my mind.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Dec. 2025
  • There was no hesitation in my mind.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Was there any hesitation on your part in taking on a role like this?
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • That might give some teams some hesitation.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • There's a lot of hesitation to get back into the stock right now.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025
  • As for Ro, that hesitation left her body long ago.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • But as nice as this kit looks, the price might give you a moment’s hesitation.
    — Anthony Karcz, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Too much customer hesitation could bring the project to a halt.
    — Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The bigger hesitation is about the menu as a whole.
    — Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
  • The time for hesitation is over.
    — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • That hesitation is where dreams die.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The fadeaway jumpers, the step-throughs, the hesitation moves that lead to easy dunks.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
  • That hesitation from an investor doesn’t just hurt the round.
    — Darpan Munjal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • This time there was no hesitation.
    — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Once the moment is there, no hesitation and go.
    — Andy McGrath, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Another part of the hesitation is the length of time the drugs would be used.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
  • And there feels to be some hesitation from people who are not of color.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Even among those who approve of the airstrikes, there's hesitation.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • Morinico runs to the bear and pushes it off the fence with no hesitation.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 2 June 2021
  • In every pause to catch my breath, in every sigh or shift or hesitation.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Was there hesitation on your end to sample a record like that knowing that your boss made it?
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 20 June 2025
  • Both coaches gave no hesitation that the change did come as a surprise.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But hesitation can also cost you your edge.
    — Hari Sadarahalli, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Was there any hesitation in leveling up to a venue like that?
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The bear was now 35 yards away and showing no hesitation in her charge.
    — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Without hesitation, the deputy grabbed the man’s chest and slammed him into a wall.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
  • So, now, all of the dissent, all of the hesitation, all of the concern has just washed away.
    — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • One slight hesitation, and a big man was in the quarterback’s grill.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • With all the others there was more thought, more doubt, more hesitation — some more so than others.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2021

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