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
But there’s a tentativeness to the portrayal, a watering down of the fraternal volatility that ultimately makes Booth so dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 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
“There’s a tentativeness around comedy right now,” Charles says.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
As soon as Hume returned, the tentativeness, awkwardness, and uncertainty they had felt when Ulbrickson had taken him out evaporated.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
