hesitation
Example Sentences
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Without hesitation, we pivoted to our second choice: orange.
From Los Angeles Times
Dice, julienne, brunoise, chiffonade — not to impress anyone, but to move with more ease and less hesitation.
From Salon
It picked up momentum late in the first half when Dent rose without hesitation for a three-pointer.
From Los Angeles Times
More than hesitation or naïveté, the line suggests possibility: Maia is figuring out a new way to “make it,” and building a career on her own terms.
From Salon
“I hesitated, and I guess he heard the hesitation. So he asked me, ‘What would your son say?’
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.