Example Sentences

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She was hesitating over a problem involving the manipulation of exponents.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

Tesla was hesitating on its plans for a factory in Mexico as it grapples with a turbulent economic outlook, CEO Elon Musk said in an earnings call earlier this month.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2023

The book’s delay led to rumors that Harry was hesitating to say too much about his family, or was perhaps revising the narrative after his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, died in September.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Dyba recently wrote to an executive who was hesitating to make an offer on a hire who was slipping away, texting a kind of recruiter haiku:

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2022

For a brief moment, Richard Parker was hesitating.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel