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View definitions for hesitating

hesitating

adjective as in doubtful

adjective as in slow

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McDonnell said some citizens have begun hesitating to call the police in recent years because they haven’t felt that anything “meaningful would be done.”

It’s like being offered a shelter in a blizzard and hesitating because you want to know how many bathrooms the shelter has.

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Without hesitating, he grabbed the explosive, and pulled it close, wrapping his body around it just before the device detonated.

Edwards stopped at the foul line as three Mavericks defenders closed in, hesitating to shoot on another off night for the 22-year-old guard.

He received a pass from teammate Leo Chu left of the penalty box, tapping it forward to get before his defender and not hesitating to hook a right-footed shot into the back of the net.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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