tentativeness

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With both fighters unwilling to over-commit, Romero edged the rounds with better use of the jab, coupled with Garcia's tentativeness.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

I really do think it's more interesting at this stage because you really feel the fear and the tentativeness of the participants in a way that I don't think you'll feel later.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

Despite Thomas’ well-known penchant for absolutist, first-principle opinions, however, even he stopped short of endorsing the theory Cannon adopts, noting with uncharacteristic tentativeness that he was “not sure” whether Smith’s office was “established by law.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

In his new special, “More Feelings,” a captivating comedy that speaks fiercely to this political moment, Ramy Youssef maintains a mannered tentativeness, tiptoeing from setup to punchline, becoming quieter as the laughs grow.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

He’d captured the tentativeness she’d felt, the anxiety of how she might be perceived.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon