hesitate
verb (used without object)
to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination.
am hesitating
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present progressiveof hesitate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I am hesitating between abstaining and Macron,” Ms. Abdellaoui said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
I am hesitating to introduce all this to her as I fear the following could happen:
From The Verge ● Apr. 16, 2016
Besides all this, my 'Imitation of Horace' is gasping for the press at Cawthorn's, but I am hesitating as to the how and the when, the single or the double, the present or the future.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
“I am hesitating how to begin,” said he.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
I am hesitating," said I, "because of the two or three rather threatening-looking clouds toward the east.
From Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Anna Katharine Green
