Examples of hesitance in a Sentence
sales figures for the month were up, as consumers began to overcome their hesitance about purchasing big-ticket items
she mistook my hesitance to mean I didn't like her poem, but I was trying to come up with appropriate words of praise
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Yet there remains a hesitance about criticizing the president directly.
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USA Today, 12 July 2025
Still, there is a hesitance to accept psychedelics in the psychiatric community.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Several major automakers are investing billions of dollars into American EV production despite the U.S. hesitance to adopt EVs.
—Charles Singh, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Despite hesitance from some Republican senators, all of Trump’s nominees who have come for a vote on the floor have been confirmed, even his most contentious picks.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
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USA Today, 12 July 2025
Still, there is a hesitance to accept psychedelics in the psychiatric community.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Several major automakers are investing billions of dollars into American EV production despite the U.S. hesitance to adopt EVs.
—Charles Singh, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Despite hesitance from some Republican senators, all of Trump’s nominees who have come for a vote on the floor have been confirmed, even his most contentious picks.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hesitance
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“Hesitance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hesitance. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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hesitance
noun
hes·i·tance
ˈhez-ə-tən(t)s 
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