Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
hesitating
IPA transcription: [h'ɛzət,eɪtɪŋ]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hesitant, hesitating
Meaning:
lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
Usage examples
"Father!" said Bertha, hesitating.
She took a few hesitating steps and then paused again.
A small boy came down the road and saw William hesitating at the open gateway.
He carried her into the bedroom, hesitating beside the couch before he put her down.
Raskolnikov walked with lagging steps, as though still hesitating whether to go or not.
She watched him pause and move hesitating fingers down the backs of the chairs that he encountered.
Her movement might have been for some finer emphasis of what she was at once hesitating and deciding to say.
Without hesitating for a moment he released the crew, who were confined below, hoisted sail and stood out to sea.
'Oh, but you know you are,' drawled on the slightly hesitating long-drawn syllables; 'it's your parochial metier.
hop! without hesitating, the rats took the leap, swam straight to the funnel, plunged in head foremost and disappeared.