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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Sensing hesitance as well as incompetence, coaches and players alike tried to sway the flailing fill-ins at every turn.
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Michael Silver, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Some supporters of the Wide Awakes’ rebirth have expressed hesitance about its aesthetics, especially the optics of torch-wielding vigilantes marching through the streets.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
Shares of McCormick fell 6% in morning trading, while Unilever's stock down 4%, reflecting investors' hesitance about the mega-merger.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
That likely means there won’t be any hesitance by Stammen to use his higher-leverage relievers today and tomorrow.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
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Michael Silver, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Some supporters of the Wide Awakes’ rebirth have expressed hesitance about its aesthetics, especially the optics of torch-wielding vigilantes marching through the streets.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
Shares of McCormick fell 6% in morning trading, while Unilever's stock down 4%, reflecting investors' hesitance about the mega-merger.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
That likely means there won’t be any hesitance by Stammen to use his higher-leverage relievers today and tomorrow.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hesitance. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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hesitance
noun
hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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