Sentence examples for former tentative from inspiring English sources

Maura and Vicki check into a hotel after hotfooting it out of the festival, the former tentative and slightly confused about the implications of the situation.

Other tentative ventures are disappearing.

Among those who stand to lose in the phone hacking scandal, there is a blend of extreme caution over a landscape littered with hazards — from lawsuits, three police operations, prosecutions and statements of disgruntled former Murdoch employees — and tentative optimism that the worst has passed.

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former president, has negotiated a tentative peace agreement in Burundi.

The former Labour leader was a tentative tweeter, apologising for forgetting to put GB at the start of his tweets.

Two weeks after he dropped out of the race for United States Senate, saying that he wanted to be a better person and a better mayor, Mr. Giuliani has started to make some tentative overtures to former enemies.

One group submitted a resolution condemning the former mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, for negotiating tentative deals for new stadiums with the city's baseball teams at the end of his administration; another called for labeling the Palestine Liberation Organization a terrorist group.

Malone appeared tentative early tonight.

His endorsement was somewhat more tentative than that given by former prime minister John Howard in 2007.

Bjorkman, a 1998 Australian Open semifinalist and former top-five player, looked tired and tentative in the first set.

The Barclays had reached a tentative deal with Hollinger's former chairman, the press baron Conrad M. Black, for most of the company.