hemming and hawing
Example Sentences
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He has also mocked allies uneasy about the widening conflict, referring to those who "wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force."
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
“They’re rolling their eyes at the price, hemming and hawing about it, but if people drink cold brew, they’re getting their cold brew,” said Pedeaux.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
I was hemming and hawing if I should even put this in because I hate to blow up a spot.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024
And they're hemming and hawing and saying, what if they use it as .
From Salon • May 9, 2024
Joe had finally gone to his brother Fred and asked him point-blank where their father was, and Fred, after some hemming and hawing, had told him.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
