HESITANT in a Sentence

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1. Please don't hesitate to call me.
2. Please do not hesitate to call us.
3. Cosette did not hesitate a moment.
4. He took a hesitant step towards her.
5. Gail gave me a hesitant little smile.

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 Meanings and Examples of HESITANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hesitant
 a.  tending to wait, or proceed with caution or reservation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As she stood, hesitant, wondering where she could hide until the ache in her breast subsided a little, a thought came to her, bringing a small ray of hope.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  She could never respect a man who let her run over him and the timid, hesitant attitude he displayed in any unpleasant situation, with her or with others, irritated her unbearably.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
3  Luke Dawson, lender of money on mortgages, owner of Northern cut-over land, was a hesitant man in unpressed soft gray clothes, with bulging eyes in a milky face.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep-school for me and finally said, "Why--ye-es" with very grave, hesitant faces.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  He made it responsible for the fate which he was suffering, and he said to himself that it might be that one day he should not hesitate to call it to account.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
6  They do not hesitate; he is Jean Valjean for them as well as for Brevet.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
7  Here is one before us, upon whose threshold we hesitate.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
8  At a certain moment fear assailed them; whether it was that he was fatigued, or that his head turned, they thought they saw him hesitate and stagger.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
9  She bit her lips; she seemed to hesitate, as though a prey to some sort of inward conflict.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS
10  Cosette did not hesitate a moment.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER
11  And then, destiny was there sufficiently stamped to make them hesitate to touch it.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—BRUNESEAU.
12  Jean Valjean did not hesitate for an instant.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
13  All this the young man perceived, and yet, to his praise we speak it, he did not hesitate a second.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
14  The three Musketeers therefore did not hesitate to make a step forward.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
15  Arriving there, the young woman seemed to hesitate, as she had before done in the Rue Vaugirard.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  She was hesitant about coming forward with her story.
2  Gail gave me a hesitant little smile.
3  Owing to little response, his speech tailed off to a hesitant end.
4  The wife looked over her shoulder at her husband when she was hesitant.
5  He took a hesitant step towards her.
6  Companies are often hesitant to hire aging employees.
7  People should not hesitate to contact the police if they've noticed anyone acting suspiciously.
8  Please do not hesitate to call us.
9  Please don't hesitate to call me.
10  I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
11  If you hesitate too long, you will miss the opportunity.
12  It is a good movie, but I hesitate to use the word masterpiece for a movie I have seen only once.
13  Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures.
14  There was a fractional hesitation before he said yes.
15  As an Eric Clapton fan, I recommend this double album without the slightest hesitation.