How To Use Hesitant In A Sentence

Katherine spoke softly, sometimes hesitantly and sometimes in a rush, with a great deal more emotional inflection than the voice she uses when acting the cool professional.
A hesitant and very masculine voice echoed through the earpiece.
Masked, they were dynamic, varied, and hilarious, so that their masks actually seemed to become their faces, despite their grotesqueness; unmasked, they were slow, hesitant, and awkward, as if ashamed of the material.
He was a mediocre speaker, uncomfortable in circumstances of political manoeuvre, often either too hesitant or too precipitate in action, and wedded to a proud independence that interfered with the building of successful alliances.
Cadfael found something so significant in that arrow-straight progress towards the church that he followed, candidly curious and officiously helpful, and finding Rafe of Coventry standing hesitant by the parish altar, looking round him at the multiplicity of chapels contained in transepts and chevet, directed him with blunt simplicity to the one he was looking for. The Hermit of Eyton Forest

He took in a deep breath, touching my body gently, tenderly… hesitantly.
Veteran traders say U.S. grains feel "toppy" after last week's rally to multimonth highs, but many remained hesitant to pick a direction for the coming week given the outside storms rattling the markets. Reuters: Top News
Certaines personnes, souvent d'ailleurs celles qui ont le pouvoir donné par une institution d'appartenance, s'assoient sur le droit d'auteur, n'hésitant pas à apposer leur nom sur un texte écrit par un autre. Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas
I had met women of all shapes and sizes; blondes, brunettes and redheads, some bubbly, some serious, some supremely confident, others slightly hesitant.
Or perhaps he was hesitant to reveal any limits to their Harshini power. TREASON KEEP
Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.
The first character of the signature is badly engraved and hesitantly formed.
These diarised moments of brutal honesty, twinned with hesitant uncertainty, are typical of Woolf's swings between self-doubt and dogged ambition.
Obama, his own self, can be found careening around the country like an over-caffeinated Chihuahua engaged in a last-ditch effort to sell the bill to what you might call his hesitant posse. Columbiatribune.com stories
Feeling as if I were on the witness stand, I grew tongue-tied and hesitant, and was unable to answer her questions satisfactorily.
The reply came hesitantly and in exactly the manner Tiff had expected: dispassionately and unsuspiciously. Parlor Games
She spoke with a hesitant, remonstrant voice, as if in half-hearted protest, Heart of the Blue Ridge
He had emerged from being a hesitant and unsure candidate into a fluent debater.
Or perhaps he was hesitant to reveal any limits to their Harshini power. TREASON KEEP
He took a hesitant step towards her.
I made it clear that I would like to sleep with her, but she was hesitant.
Questions lingered in my mind, but I was hesitant to ask them.
I know that you run into a lot of people who are hesitant to accept the fact that you say you do this.
Miranda sighed and paused hesitantly before continuing.
I'm hesitant to marry her.
Loraditch says that some of the pages who "interacted" with Foley were hesitant to report his behavior because "members of Congress, they've got the power. John Hinderaker's defense of Denny Hastert
The air was stale and the dusty atmosphere was enough to make all of them hesitant to breathe.
Banks too are not to be left behind in wooing the hesitant customer.
Thus the only superpower on Earth appears hesitant about projecting its power on the international stage.
In a platoon of hard-nosed execs, few have a snout quite as strong as Irish budget carrier Ryanair's Chief Executive Michael O'Leary: a harrier of behemoth flagship airlines, a browbeater of trade unions, a bugbear of the European Union and an unhesitant user of the "f" word--and we don't mean "flying. U.K. Faces Of The Week, May 15-19, 2006
The hesitant robins were nowhere to be seen - I fear I may have scared them off.
Frank puzzled over the moves on the arête as well but, without the threat of crashing onto the edges below, he was less hesitant than I had been.
The queen was beyond the blush of maidenhood, but dressed in maidenly green like the first hesitant uncurling feathery buds of April.
Refining the saltpeter was the current big problem, but I was hesitant about getting Arabian alchemists in on the project. Lord Conrads Crusade
A harrier of behemoth flagship airlines, a browbeater of trade unions, a bugbear of the European Union and an unhesitant user of the "f" word--and we don't mean "flying. Ryanair's O'Leary Offers England's Soccer Enemy A Bone
In a jerk the goat in tiger skin shivered with fear. Even the hesitant jackal which had stopped its steps was baffled.
As one of the girls retrieved her camera, she favored me with a hesitant smile, requested that I sign her program, and told me that she was going to be a coach someday, too.
He was terrified, hesitant and wavering but finally gave in to the temptation.
They're usually reticent, unsure of themselves, hesitant to get involved in a discussion.
I was hesitant about passing along this information for two reasons.
I was hesitant to go because it did look kind of ungrounded and new-agey. 2004 August - Danya Ruttenberg
Now the city seems hesitant and confused and unsure of itself.
‘I am not a philosopher or a thinker, I am just a novelist,’ says the fair-haired, soft-spoken author, firm despite his hesitant English.
All the idiosyncrasies for which he was known within his homeland, the hesitant mannerisms and trademark waddle, do not look quite so loveable in the world at large.
Julius cautiously trailed him and the others hesitantly followed.
Alcohol and water have an affinity for each other and form what's called an azeotropic mixture, which means the water is hesitant to let go of the alcohol, even though the alcohol wants to become steam. NPR Topics: News
He slid it slowly through my fine hair, stroking it hesitantly with his fingertips.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, released in 2007, almost finished him off, as his hesitant courtship of a fellow Hogwarts student (the demure Cho Chang) proceeded simultaneously with the onslaughts of a rampant snakelike essence from within his own brain. Sex and the Single Wizard
Slowly and hesitantly she stood, starting across the middle of the room, but her steps faltered and stopped about halfway there.
The actor was initially hesitant when he first heard of the project.
If it was summer, the doors would be thrown open against the hellacious interior heat, and these guys would stop at the doorway and peer in, suddenly hesitant, wondering if maybe this was such a good idea after all.
I stepped boldly out on that new path, unsure and a little afraid, but never hesitant.
He replied hesitantly in a slurred, unenthusiastic tone, drawing many engrossed eyes towards him.
That shows that customers are less hesitant to buy from the chipmaker, he said.
Her speech was also slow and hesitant.
Gary was hesitant to speak much more about identifying the counterfeits or rip-offs.
But I was struck by how hesitant he sounded when discussing reform of the police service.
I'm also a bit hesitant to debate about whether or not it should be used to slow the muscle loss experienced as we grow older.
It was amazing really, Lindsey thought, watching, fascinated, as the child's tears became a hesitant smile.
She sat up hesitantly, shook her head a little as if to clear it, and looked at Nyx. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Kuro’s Review Forum
his narration was hesitant
Slowly it continued, and our first hesitant kiss was finally reached, although I had to make that final step because he wouldn't, and our relationship developed and blossomed into love.
He isn't the gunslinger of his early years with the Rams or the hesitant, indecisive quarterback of his last two years in St. Louis.
Almost hesitantly, hands settled on either side of his thigh, then the hands squeezed tight and he let his own hands fall away, feeling something probe the wound.
Five years later, the new albums represent neither an expansion nor a retreat but a hesitant reluctance to set out anew.
Old now, with overactive lacrymal glands and hesitant speech, he did not in the least appeal to his present patient. Bonecrack
Her expression tentative, she moved slowly toward the chair facing him and hesitantly sat down on it. I’ll Walk Alone
Many adults enjoy the tube park, especially those who are a bit too hesitant to entrust their life to a pair of skinny skis or a single snowboard!
The olives were too strong, and the octopus too hesitant.
I can just hear his French words echoing across the sandy beach, translating themselves in midair before reaching the Drunk Boat bar on the boardwalk above, near to which a red-faced tourist stands hesitant. Jean-Marc
He released the mouse and moved a hesitant index finger towards the keypad, pressed the space-bar, nervously. BEHINDLINGS
Five years later, the new albums represent neither an expansion nor a retreat but a hesitant reluctance to set out anew.
Jack hesitantly followed her in and was greeted yet again by another awe-inspiring sight.
Their passing moves, once their strongest feature, were hesitant and ragged, to be charitable.
The speaker was rather hesitant and had to be prompted occasionally by the chairman.
You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it?
He gave a quick and hesitant smile, and his wavy brown hair covered his dark eyes.
he finally accepted hesitantly
With hesitant motions, she opened the door of the shop and walked in, with Valarie trailing behind.
Again, Yuen was full of doubt, hesitant, he took a quick flip through the book.
Conflicts and confusion abounded, and hesitant, often contradictory reforms were attempted before a genuine refoundation took place with the birth of the Fifth Republic in 1958.
Building huge warehouses would cost millions of pounds that Tesco was hesitant to spend on an unproven service.
I was a little nervous and hesitant about taking on the job three years ago but I am glad that I did.
Hesitantly she unlocked her bicycle, somehow suddenly feeling very tired.
Gail gave me a hesitant little smile.
Even Ferguson was reportedly hesitant in accepting the brief last Monday.
From hesitantly crawling 3 weeks ago, she can now circumnavigate the house in 2 minutes flat.
But they are hesitant about how far to implement the Sharia.
The evening show was terrible, with hesitant unsure performances from all.
Until now, the UN has been characteristically hesitant, to sometimes tragic effect.
Hesitant ever, she dared not name any amount of the Lord, but that ever present Spirit of God guided her heart, made her _fix the amount_, and then touched the heart of the stranger and fixed the amount also in his mind, and then, by his own guidance saved the letter from being lost, and behold! when opened the _prayer of the one and the gift of the other was the same_. The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer
This made Chang Su - su pause , and she stood there hesitantly, craning her neck to watch.
He felt he had resolved upon a small, hesitant step down a long, dark passage. IN LOVE AND WAR
HIV / AIDS in many societies is serious enough to warrant this type of response, but it is easy to see why a government may be hesitant to declare a state of emergency.
She was hesitant about coming forward with her story.
I had met women of all shapes and sizes; blondes, brunettes and redheads, some bubbly, some serious, some supremely confident, others slightly hesitant.
With reading they may be hesitant and often misread words and with writing they may have erratic spelling and tendency to reverse letters.
In particular, these programs have been hesitant to reimburse the provider of nutrition services by independent practitioners outside standard institutional settings.
‘I would like to talk to you again sometimes,’ she broached hesitantly.
Obama, his own self, can be found careening around the country like an over - caffeinated Chihuahua engaged in a last ditch effort to sell the bill to what you might call his hesitant posse. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Or perhaps he was hesitant to reveal any limits to their Harshini power. TREASON KEEP
I hesitantly tried another piece and it was just as unappetizing the second time around, a bitter sting that was metallic in its unpleasantness.
For those hesitant about technology, be assured: this multimedia tool is user-friendly.
I'm hesitant to assign this film a purely diversionary purpose, but is it designed to teach the virtue of self-reliance, or the simple pleasures of constructive play?
Hesitant to do this thing which to him, by the strange standard of his warped code, spelled dishonour, he would and he would not; and while he paltered, was visited by an oddly vivid memory of the clear and candid eyes of Cecelia Brooke, seemed veritably to see them searching his own with their look of grieving wonder ... the eyes of one woman who had reckoned him worthy of her trust .... The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf
At press time, the band were hesitant to offer any previews, but if their riotous live shows have been any indication, the faint of heart may want to think about updating their life-insurance policies.
Back then she was hesitant because of the strain it would put on her family. Times, Sunday Times
He was hesitant to criticize the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and his spirituality was considered overly simplistic and pious.
Those who came were hesitant to open up with questions or comments. Christianity Today
Thus Graham is hesitant("It may be" and "I can't say for certain") to acknowledge that God's disposition of judgment can be reliably discerned here.
The patient appearing motorically “stuck” in an indecisive, hesitant movement, which results from examiner verbally contradicting his own strong nonverbal signal, such as offering his hand as if to shake hands, while stating, “Don’t shake my hand, I don’t want you to shake it.” The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
And hardest of all was the force needed to unhorse a performer hesitant to fall on cue.
In times of writer's block, Dre has never been hesitant to seek alternative medicine.
A more critically-minded minister of health services armed with more intimate knowledge of the subject might be more hesitant about making such broad changes.
It is curious what a subtle but unmistakable transmutation it makes, both in the body of men and women: the woman more blooming, more subtly rounded, her young angularities softened, and her expression either anxious or triumphant: the man much quieter, more inward, the very shapes of his shoulders and his buttocks less assertive, more hesitant. Lady Chatterley's Lover
He seemed to be everywhere, rallying hesitant soldiers and leading groups of men inland, despite German small arms, mortar and artillery fire.
Young men, while willing to concede the chaining sordidness of marriage, were hesitant about abandoning the organizations which they hoped would give them a career.
This union is hesitant in what they do, therefore they are not taken seriously by the government.
The music be - bobs lightly in the background, plinking and plonking past gin joints, stepping hesitantly round every dark corner.
I dried myself the best I could and was hesitant to wrap myself in the peplos and then the himation and finally the veil.
The lamb curry and vegetable biryani that followed suffered by comparison, seeming just a little vague and hesitant.
According to Pauli's hypothesis, which he put forward very hesitantly, neutrinos are elusive particles which escape with the missing energy in - decays. Fusion
M. The first column of troop transport trucks entered the square hesitantly, moving forward at walking pace.
The case represented a first, hesitant step towards the harmonisation of two cardinally important rights, even though the Court balked the opportunity to give lengthy analysis to the extent of the two rights compatibility with one another.
Feeling a jolt of surprise in my stomach, I look hesitantly back.
The importance of the tonsils is a much disputed fact, but many doctors are currently becoming much more hesitant to remove a patient's tonsils than they had been previously. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
Most were reluctant, defensive, or simply hesitant to blow their own trumpet.
Conversely the under-confident person may be hesitant to predict danger or to react to it with sufficient purpose or determination.
Where their rucking had been crisp and brutal last term, this time out it was hesitant and laboured.
Hunter nodded, and then said hesitantly, ‘Like I told you, he upchucked.’
On the other hand, the governor also seemed hesitant in giving orders to the military and police.
She was softly eloquent, speech slow and hesitant in picking out the perfect words.
Hesitantly, the blue-feathered bird emerged from under the bushes, dragging behind it a long, shimmering emerald tail.
The voice in my head is wobbly and hesitant but it seems to echo slightly as I freeze in utter astonishment.
At one time or another, every starter has seemed hesitant and unsure of either the snap count or his assignment.
Henry hesitantly stepped towards the gray horse, which made no movements except a slight turn of its head.
My voice was so hesitant it sounded like I was stuttering.
In this case, when I have really needed to mobilize myself in times of challenge or fear, I have found myself repeating "Your hesitant heart flutters, not wanting to upheave. Tamsin Rothschild: My Life and Poetry
I took a seat on the park bench, and Mina followed suit hesitantly.
And your hesitant heart flutters, not wanting to upheave. Tamsin Rothschild: My Life and Poetry
Doctors are hesitant to comment on the new treatment.
Her eye caught the chest by the door, and she went to it hesitantly, feeling that its contents had been tainted somehow by the wicked man with the dark hair.
I observed her curiously as she hesitantly took off her coat, wincing as she did so; my eyes were called to her neck which was flawed mercilessly with red marks around the left side.
In reality, he was racked with self-doubt, hesitant, and liable always to agree with the last person he had spoken to.
Some traders believe prices cannot drop far, although they have lost upward momentum. Some sellers are still very hesitant to cash out, said a third market player.
But there are also the white clergy (and rabbi); usually, they were pusillanimous and hesitant to move more than a step or two beyond their conservative members, most of whom supported the egregious Jew-turned-Episcopalian Mayor Henry Loeb, who rivals in obduracy George W. Bush. Balkinization
Puzzled, Preter hesitantly did as he was told and slumped limply to the ground.
The man behind, shown full face and drinking from a lifted jar, has faded into darkness, while at left a boy, whose downcast, three-quarter glance is highlighted by a stream of light, hesitantly grasps the proffered goblet. The Compassionate Scoundrel
Elvira stood hesitantly on the threshold of the kitchen, methodically folding plastic bags. IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE
Laxman is a hesitant starter but a quick flurry of wristy strokes changed the tempo of the innings.
And if a lack of financial security wasn't enough to make us hesitant to marry, the boomers showed us just how badly traditional relationship models can go wrong.
I was hesitant to turn to our planned southerly heading, not having seen any of the anticipated checkpoints.
Life is the only inspiration for Kundan Shah in an industry hesitant to accept his films.
Christopher hesitantly reached up to hold the paper, giving a flinch when Sara's hands grabbed hold of his and guided the tearing action.
Gail gave me a hesitant little smile.
Some market participants were described as hesitant to buy around current levels, waiting for a further pullback as a bargain-hunting opportunity. Gold Slides to $1,099.30
Clear, deliberate, never hesitant nor unduly emphatic, never repetitional, always logical, his every word told. The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
She was hesitant about coming forward with her story.
For every few videos of someone boldly going into a mailbox on a pogo stick, there's the slapstick guarantee that too much hesitancy will also slam your ass into the pavement, telephone pole or body of water refer to countless hesitant hang-glider clips. Tom Bergeron: America's Funniest Home Videos Meets C-SPAN
The teams whose odds plummeted the most are typically league doormats because oddsmakers are hesitant to make any team a huge underdog before Week 1. What a Difference Three Weeks Can Make
It is the same scene with the crucial difference that the young farmer has disappeared, leaving the hesitant, downcast girl still dangling her straw hat, its ribbons stirring gently in the breeze.
Conversely the under-confident person may be hesitant to predict danger or to react to it with sufficient purpose or determination.
The older students clapped enthusiastically while the newcomer were still a bit hesitant, confused.
I was always a bit shy and hesitant when I ordered from the women who worked in this shop, my illiteracy in Kabyle, my obvious non-French accent — it was much more humbling, my awkwardness there, than having my mistakes corrected in the regular French bakeries, uuuuune baguette, pas UN, mademoiselle! Five Stops on Line 2, Ch 1: Qalb elouz
I felt the hairs rise on the back of my neck as he hesitantly brought his arms to embrace my figure, supporting my body as he returned the kiss.
Doctors are hesitant to comment on the new treatment.
Kelly was then called before a parliamentary committee, where, in halting, hesitant testimony, he neither fully confirmed nor discredited the BBC story.
They're hesitant to leave the forest understory during the day. MINUTES TO BURN
She seems hesitant, but warms to the embrace and his deeper kisses.
The press-agents and orators popularized the war with the unthinking and the hesitant, which is proof enough to me that we lack national unity and a definite national policy. The Pride of Palomar
Travis mounts the stairs hesitantly, leaving Greg and Danielle to sit in silence in the living room.
I smiled hesitantly at her and she grinned back as she stepped over the doorstep and into our house.
She is hesitant to draw conclusions until the study is over.
In hesitant English, the bespectacled Thai man thanks all the foreigners who have helped his community, raising the biggest cheer of the night.
She was hesitant about coming forward with her story.
Other writers are less hesitant about attempting to describe what a fully developed professional is like.
Anyone inland is hesitant to vote for someone near the Lake Michigan coast. Bart Stupak (D, MI-01) cuts and runs. | RedState
Guerra's not afraid to actually play the guitar conventionally either, and his dolorous, hesitant chording is heard to beautiful effect on the gorgeous closing track.
He took a hesitant step towards her.
Still, McRae has not been hesitant to bench players who fail to do the little things.
First of all he was hesitant, and then he settled down and got on with it enthusiastically, making his case apparently invincible.
From this intriguing postulation onward, the film slowly and hesitantly assumes the shape of a thriller.
He beckoned to a hesitant pageboy, who had been lingering just outside of the room with the wine that Denwold had called for earlier.
Fragments of her garbled, hesitant, appalled version of events in that underground garage in Peshawar nagged at him. THE LAST RAVEN
All over the country recession-weary businesses remain hesitant to spend cash trying to pump up sales, but signs of recovery are popping up all over. The Companies Hiring The Most In Sales Right Now
For, in these things of three stages, two may be tolerable, the first clouding of the water with the wine's red fire, or the final resolution of the two into one humane consistence: the intermediate course is, like all times of process, brumous and hesitant. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett
I could detect a sort of hesitant tremor in the voice.
He glanced at me, his expression hesitant, as if uncertain of how I would react to what he was about to reveal, I gave a nod. Before Midnight
These diarised moments of brutal honesty, twinned with hesitant uncertainty, are typical of Woolf's swings between self-doubt and dogged ambition.
They seemed anxious and hesitant about leaving, as if uncertain of which direction to take.
And always Gertie Cowles, gently hesitant toward Ben Rusk's affection, kept asking Carl why he didn't come to see her oftener, and play tiddledywinks. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life
I hesitantly sat down next to her, hugging my knees tightly.
His advisers are rightfully hesitant to let the United States be sucked into the conflict.
Still, you have reason to be hesitant if he's been promiscuous lately.
Given the present political situation, stars seem to be hesitant to associate themselves with one political group or the other.
Hesitantly, Ian pushed the gear lever into reverse and slowly let the clutch out.
Far from being a gesture of national confidence, our arts policy is hesitant and uncertain.
Hesitantly, I sucked in the smoke drawn through the pipe, holding it in my lungs and feeling the warmth inside of me, before slowly letting it out.
This is not necessarily a criticism: refusing to provide much context for their narratives, these songs are guardedly confessional, eager to elicit emotions but hesitant to reveal too much.
When they finally arrived on the twenty-fifth floor, the couple stepped out hesitantly, doubtful of good news.

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