Sentence examples for held tentatively from inspiring English sources
In science, the dominant epistemic attitude (so the claim goes) is one of critical empirical investigation, issuing in theories which are held tentatively and provisionally; one is always prepared to give up a theory in favor of a more satisfactory successor.
Skip ahead to the later stages and I was absolutely beat after the game forced me to execute a maneuver akin to a crouching, one-legged swan with spread wings, all the while controlling my character with the gamepad held tentatively in one hand.
Skip ahead to the later stages and I was absolutely knackered after the game forced me to execute a manoeuvre akin to a crouching, one-legged swan with spread wings, all the while controlling my character with the gamepad held tentatively in one hand.
She held it tentatively, embarrassed, and administered some half-hearted thwacks.
The United States and the Soviet Union have tentatively agreed to hold trade talks in Paris from April 24 to 26, a United States Embassy spokeswoman said today.
Even in ultra-traditionalist Saudi Arabia, despite the existence of a near-absolute monarchy, they have tentatively begun to hold elections at local government level.
They hold views tentatively and willingly modify them in the face of new evidence.
So many of us, with tremendous pressures of caring for family, work, households -- often without consistent help -- hold on tentatively to the place where all is calm and manageable.
Logic allows one to make sound conclusions by relying on evidence, while skepticism asks one to resist accepting a belief without good reason as well as to be open-minded enough to hold beliefs tentatively.
"Would he like some?" David had lifted him out of the pushchair and put him on a park bench; Suzie sat down and tentatively held out her ice-cream cone.
The most important issue for the coming debates is whether Mr. Bush can erode the perception, widespread but only tentatively held, that Mr. Gore is a man of greater competence and command.
