hesitating (Meaning)

Wordnet

hesitating (s)

lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

Webster

hesitating (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Hesitate

hesitating Sentence Examples

  1. The student hesitated before answering the difficult question.
  2. The doctor hesitated before giving the patient the bad news.
  3. The politician hesitated before making a controversial statement.
  4. The hiker hesitated at the edge of the cliff.
  5. The swimmer hesitated before diving into the cold water.
  6. The shopper hesitated before making a large purchase.
  7. The employee hesitated before asking for a raise.
  8. The criminal hesitated before committing the crime.
  9. The parent hesitated before letting their child go out alone.
  10. The driver hesitated at the intersection, uncertain which way to turn.

FAQs About the word hesitating

lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmlyof Hesitate

aimless, random, wavering, shaky, shilly-shally, vacillating, shilly-shallying,ambivalent, arbitrary, unpredictable

predictable, even, constant, unchangeable, stationary, invariable, uniform, stationary, settled, stable

The student hesitated before answering the difficult question.

The doctor hesitated before giving the patient the bad news.

The politician hesitated before making a controversial statement.

The hiker hesitated at the edge of the cliff.