HESITATE in a Sentence
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236 example sentences for HESITATE, such as:
1. Please don't hesitate to call me.
2. Cosette did not hesitate a moment.
3. Please do not hesitate to call us.
4. I therefore may hesitate between you.
5. Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures.
2. Cosette did not hesitate a moment.
3. Please do not hesitate to call us.
4. I therefore may hesitate between you.
5. Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures.
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Meanings and Examples of HESITATE
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hesitate
v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He made it responsible for the fate which he was suffering, and he said to himself that it might be that one day he should not hesitate to call it to account.
2 They do not hesitate; he is Jean Valjean for them as well as for Brevet.
3 Here is one before us, upon whose threshold we hesitate.
4 At a certain moment fear assailed them; whether it was that he was fatigued, or that his head turned, they thought they saw him hesitate and stagger.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
5 She bit her lips; she seemed to hesitate, as though a prey to some sort of inward conflict.
6 Cosette did not hesitate a moment.
7 And then, destiny was there sufficiently stamped to make them hesitate to touch it.
8 Jean Valjean did not hesitate for an instant.
9 All this the young man perceived, and yet, to his praise we speak it, he did not hesitate a second.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
Context Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
10 The three Musketeers therefore did not hesitate to make a step forward.
11 Arriving there, the young woman seemed to hesitate, as she had before done in the Rue Vaugirard.
12 For my part, I should not hesitate a moment; I should take the hundred pistoles.
13 No, I do not hesitate; but I really pity this poor Comte de Wardes, since you have ceased to love him.
14 I therefore may hesitate between you.
15 When the hour of breakfast came, therefore, I did not hesitate to eat and drink.
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1 People should not hesitate to contact the police if they've noticed anyone acting suspiciously.
2 Please do not hesitate to call us.
3 Please don't hesitate to call me.
4 I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
5 If you hesitate too long, you will miss the opportunity.
6 It is a good movie, but I hesitate to use the word masterpiece for a movie I have seen only once.
7 Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures.
8 There was a fractional hesitation before he said yes.
9 As an Eric Clapton fan, I recommend this double album without the slightest hesitation.
10 He hesitated before stepping across the threshold.
11 I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.
12 He hesitated and asked me if he could sit near me.
13 No matter how much I feel lost and hesitated now.
14 We hesitated at the propriety of the method.
15 Alison hesitated moment, as if she were waiting for him.