Hesitates

And though Yona hesitates to advance their friendship into something entirely new, she cannot bear the idea of ever being separated from Hak or seeing him hurt.

Brock hesitates then takes the hand.

He hesitates long enough for Malakai to tag in and attack Eddie.

It is common knowledge that the Dark Lord never hesitates to use the killing curse on any living beings, including the great wizard, Dumbledore.

May hesitates to call Santa Fe Railway’s experiment a failure: “Look how they recouped,” she said.

She hesitates briefly before returning to her bedroom.

She hesitates for a moment, then, when Rhaenyra places the last of Lucerys' belongings on the fire, Alicent lights a candle for Lucerys as well.

While she hesitates to call herself a foodie (she prefers the label “food person”), the designer has mastered the art of shrinking edibles down to size.

Again, it’s a horrible situation for any defender to be in – retreating backwards onto an opposition kick – and, even after giving himself a good head start, Stockdale hesitates.

A middle-aged supermarket manager hesitates to call the police on her, but his scummy teenaged employee encourages him to have Wendy arrested.

And when Nino appears at her doorstep, she hesitates, and bumps into him after a tragedy of errors.

But when Annalise’s handler moves into the street to meet the driver, Annalise hesitates.

Haste says he still hesitates to call himself an artist since it’s something he does on the side — he works in construction and has no formal art training beyond high school classes.

If anything, the world’s governing football mother body never hesitates to hand out a ban on countries where governments are found to have intervened on football issues.

Senegal, while being politically and geographically strategic in the region, has many sector laws that promote access to information and has joined different transparency mechanisms but hesitates to legislate free access to information.

September whistles between her teeth and says her name—the way she does when she wants to annoy her—quietly, Sheela, and for a moment it looks like she hesitates and might come back, but then she is forging forward, boots on the wooden steps.

He always hesitates during the hand off then usually runs into a tackle.

He hesitates, initially letting them in, but then kicks them out; trying to catch his breath as he closes the door.

Reed downplayed the impact of the contest, saying he “hesitates to place much emphasis on special elections.

Taken aback by Batman’s sudden change-of-heart, the Joker hesitates, causing a falling stalactite to break his back before he can reach the revitalizing pit of dionesium.