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Example sentences for: hesitated

How can you use “hesitated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

While the plaza’s architect Boris Zerafa is a gifted “local boy,” Toronto’s other banks have not hesitated to bring in talents of international renown.
But, as she hesitated, the rectory door opened.
As the camera turned to Milosevic, he hesitated, bumbled, and then yelled, "Nobody has the right to beat these people!"
Never once did my sister or I ever ask him for help that he hesitated, let alone declined, to give.
Saddam looked him straight in the eye, hesitated for "long" seconds, and then said, "I only smoke with people in whom I have confidence."