tentativeness
- a word derived from tentative.
Example Sentences
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With both fighters unwilling to over-commit, Romero edged the rounds with better use of the jab, coupled with Garcia's tentativeness.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
I really do think it's more interesting at this stage because you really feel the fear and the tentativeness of the participants in a way that I don't think you'll feel later.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2025
Burke’s Eileen walks with a tentativeness that she does her best to mask.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Since being cleared to resume playing in April, Hamlin has showed no signs of tentativeness in passing every on-field test he’s faced in making the Bills 53-player roster in August.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
All the tentativeness, doubt, and inauthenticity that plagued him slithered away without a trace, a sound.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
