How to Use hesitance in a Sentence

hesitance

noun
Definition of hesitancenext
Synonyms for hesitancenext
  • The first was Tiger's lack of speed and overall hesitance to attack tee shots and balls in the rough.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • If much of this hesitance was due to myths, at least a portion was due to a lack of good recipes.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The project still suffers from the hesitance of many farmers.
    — Egab, Quartz, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Was there any hesitance on your part of taking up the role because of this?
    — Alim Kheraj, GQ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The best way to quash that hesitance is to practice solving.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2022
  • But Biden's hesitance says less about his age and more about his analysis of the problem.
    — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022
  • At least part of the hesitance can be attributed to the pandemic.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Getty's hesitance to give up any slice of his fortune is what leads to the to the show's inciting moment.
    — refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • People's livelihoods are on the line so there will be hesitance early in the season.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Nissan’s hesitance to agree to the deal was a contributing factor in the breakdown.
    — Ben Dooley, New York Times, 10 June 2019
  • The report was reflective of the hesitance of employers to step up wages, even in a strong job market.
    — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • That hesitance may have led to an increase in fatalities from diseases not linked to the virus.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Yet there's a compelling hesitance to it; something more is coming here.
    — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 18 June 2018
  • Palmer and Darlington knew of his hesitance about the names, but assured him the town and street names would bring in worldwide visitors.
    — Katelyn Reinhart, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
  • There's been some hesitance on the part of the North Koreans, after the second meeting with Xi, because the Chinese want a seat at the table.
    — NBC News, 27 May 2018
  • Their hesitance has been one reason for the sluggish start to the U.S. vaccination drive.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Although she’s heard the hesitance among Black men in her circle, Ross said the worries come mostly from women.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2020
  • His hesitance in this case swung the board’s final decision.
    — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Evan wasn’t surprised at her husband’s initial hesitance about the suit.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Jax can be a little cautious around new people, and because of his hesitance a home with no small children might be best.
    — idahostatesman, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Despite all my hesitance, my fear that the show was as soul-crushing as the fandom seemed to whisper … was incorrect.
    — Eliot Glazer, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The idea didn’t sit well with Mayor Ron Nirenberg and other council members — whose hesitance all but killed it for now.
    — Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021
  • The hesitance to open the product up to public is understandable.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 May 2022
  • But vaccine hesitance among younger adults presents a challenge.
    — NBC News, 26 Mar. 2021
  • But his hesitance does not appear to extend to cyberspace.
    — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • That hesitance to invest comes even as stocks have attained new highs in a mostly gentle ride upward.
    — Stan Choe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • That hesitance seems to have been replaced by more confidence.
    — Giana Han, al, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Despite her hesitance, she's been in a good place throughout her pregnancy thus far.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Higgins said his hesitance did not arise from the challenge of being an outsider and change agent in an agency reputed to be resistant to both.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Katagiri initially turns her down, and his hesitance is exacerbated when his wife presents the idea of retiring and moving away from the city.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024

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