hesitation

After some hesitation, the co-anchor finally placed his crown on his head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I understand your hesitation: Buying a wedding ring online, without trying it on or seeing it in person, feels like a scam waiting to happen.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

In today’s C-suites, Lady Macbeth is someone in authority who frames hesitation as a character flaw.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Go!" shouted Ivan Deforge, and without hesitation his 300-kilo hairy sidekicks Karym and Ural leapt through a ring of fire under the dome of the Great Moscow Circus.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

I suggested we camp out in the woods behind the Drysdale house, though it was with some hesitation.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

“AI has gotten better at all the quirky human behavior — the little head tilts and hesitations and body language,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Let’s start with the big “why” for your efforts, because that may solve all of your hesitations in one fell swoop.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026

Douglass admired Lincoln’s towering sense of humanity even as he critiqued the president’s hesitations and half-steps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

When you do have moments where you go I think this might be going too far or This is too mean-spirited, how do those hesitations manifest for you?

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025

There was a new strength to her; there were no hesitations in her movements.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo