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US
/ˈhɛzəˌteɪt/
]
[ UK /hˈɛsɪtˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /hˈɛsɪtˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures -
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
The speaker paused
How To Use hesitate In A Sentence
- But as they hesitate outside the door marked Geo.
- He hesitates, looking particularly grave, and finally brings himself to utter the shameful words.
- His relationship with his patroness was a comfortable and easy one, and he did not hesitate to ask directly, "Will he indeed find the gentlewoman he's seeking at Elford? The Confession of Brother Haluin
- She didn't hesitate for a moment but came straight out with her reply.
- In the event of difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Department.
- What is it and why does Eug è ne hesitate to denounce it?
- To reach his aim he didn't hesitate in taking possession of more ancient monuments.
- But these days many do not hesitate to chop down even the full-grown trees in their compound because none can spare the time to sweep and clear the yard everyday!
- The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
- In central Francia in the ninth century, moreover, the Frankish king did not hesitate to remove benefices from church lands to give them to his vassi, or to force the church to maintain mounted soldiers at its own expense.