"expressed hesitancy" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the act of showing or conveying uncertainty or hesitation in one's words or actions. It can be used in various contexts to describe different situations where someone displays hesitation. Example: During the job interview, the candidate expressed hesitancy when asked about their previous work experience. This made the interviewer doubt their qualifications for the position.
In follow-up interviews, that panelist expressed hesitancy over the length of the rubric.
Bettors were persuaded by tamped-down expectations from trainer Bob Baffert, who expressed hesitancy about entering Hoppertunity.
"Many black ballplayers over the years, starting with Jackie Robinson and funneling down, from David Justice, Albert Belle, and Tim Raines, to Gary Sheffield and Dave Winfield, have all either expressed hesitancy about playing in Boston or inserted language into their contracts that expressly prevented them from ever being traded to the Red Sox," Bryant wrote in his book.
Providers also expressed hesitancy to order testing because they perceived the process as requiring an extensive, specialized counseling session, which they might have felt inadequately trained to convey.
The first choice, Paul A. Volcker, has continued to express hesitancy over taking the job.
Paul Kay, a linguistics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has written that people use "sort of" to "express hesitancy about the aptness of the words they have employed".
A year after being catapulted from unknown freelancer to minor celebrity (and, eventually, Kanye West collaborator) upon becoming the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, in 2013, Shaw still expresses hesitancy about her place in the world of composition.
C1 New Advisory Board Candidate John H. Biggs, head of one of the nation's largest pension programs, emerged as a top candidate to head a new regulatory body that will oversee the accounting profession because Paul A. Volcker, the first choice, has continued to express hesitancy over taking the job.
John H. Biggs, head of one of the nation's largest pension programs, has emerged as a top candidate to head a new regulatory body that will oversee the accounting profession because Paul A. Volcker, the first choice, has continued to express hesitancy over taking the job, people involved in the selection process said today.
And yet Gyllenhaal was just as quick to express hesitancy about becoming a mouthpiece asked to produce topical sound bites that the internet can pick apart.
