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Example sentences for: hesitation

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Some contributors to learned journals of his day frequently submitted their suggestions with a hesitation born of the fear of being flayed alive by the scholar in a contemptuous retort to be published in a later issue.
To drive home his point that inaction, like action, requires justification and bears consequences, Clinton distilled his frame job to a brilliant sound bite: "In dealing with aggressors in the Balkans, hesitation is a license to kill."
I recommended this book without hesitation or reservation.
Alternatively, the hesitation may also highlight residents' discomfort with managing patients who may be dying.
Economists, after a few decades of hesitation, picked it up in the '80s and made it a cornerstone of their discipline.