Sentence examples for had hesitated from inspiring English sources

(If he had hesitated, both defenders would have known where the ace was, since hesitation without the ace would be improper).

Hadley had hesitated before saying yes.

Before, Philip Augustus had hesitated.

Obama began saying was busy and had hesitated over coming.

It had hesitated legalising use of the weed for fear of reprisals by America.

Mr. Hayes said he had hesitated until he saw police cruisers arrive outside, the officer said.

He had hesitated to take me inside a cité — he had too many enemies.

And harder to believe that I had hesitated, that I had almost cut and run.

According to The Times, the referee had "hesitated suspiciously" before penalising Falco.

But it was also muddy down there; if I had hesitated, I would have lost it.

On previous meetings, I had hesitated to ask the obvious question — Why did you stop writing?