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Hesitates meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of hesitate

Using Hesitates

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of hesitate
  • In the example corpus, hesitates often appears in combinations such as: hesitates to, she hesitates, he hesitates.

Context around Hesitates

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 11 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Hesitates

  • In this selection, "hesitates" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, yona, brock, may, long, briefly and initially stand out and add context to how "hesitates" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include body never hesitates to hand and brock hesitates then takes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hesitates" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hesitates

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Brock hesitates then takes the hand. (6 words)

She hesitates briefly before returning to her bedroom. (8 words)

He hesitates long enough for Malakai to tag in and attack Eddie. (12 words)

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. (45 words)

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. (33 words)

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. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

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.

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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.

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Common combinations with hesitates

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hesitates" in a sentence?
An example: "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." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hesitates" from authentic English texts.
What does "hesitates" mean?
Hesitates means: third-person singular simple present indicative of hesitate
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