Sentence examples for hesitantly from inspiring English sources

"hesitantly" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is an adverb used to indicate that an action is done in a hesitant or uncertain manner. For example: She hesitantly opened the door, not sure what to expect.

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hesitantly

adverb

With hesitation.

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It was to this end that he had rented Nelly Zhang's house for four days, days in which he had written fluently and with conviction; to his surprise, because he was in the habit of proceeding hesitantly, and the book had been years in the making.

"Strong," she starts, hesitantly.

What did sell, hesitantly at first, were bonds albeit ones which were often sweetened with "douceurs" like a lottery ticket or two.The government consoles itselfIn 1751 Henry Pelham's Whig government pulled together the lessons learnt on bonds to create the security of the century: the 3% consol.

Hesitantly at first, then vigorously, a ripple of applause rose from the onlookers.

The wheels of the laws grind slowly enough, but science proceeds even more hesitantly.

Some cynical Israelis and Palestinians suggest that he procrastinates in the expectation that terrorist incidents may yet turn public opinion against the agreement that he so hesitantly and reluctantly signed at Wye.

FAIRNESS cream; scented hair oil; talcum powder: these are things that female ex-combatants of the Tamil Tiger rebels, many forcibly recruited as children, hesitantly ask for when placed in rehabilitation.

Such reports often talk proudly of efforts to improve society and safeguard the environment by restricting emissions of greenhouse gases from the staff kitchen, say, or recycling office stationery before turning hesitantly to less important matters, such as profits.

Hesitantly, the government has sought to establish mechanisms, such as limited rights for Chinese fund managers to invest abroad, that would allow funds to seep out of the country.

Britain, by contrast, entered the club in 1973 hesitantly, without enthusiasm and in a moment of transient economic anxiety.This underlies the Euroscepticism that pervades the Conservative Party and a majority of Britons, which could lead to Britain voting to exit the EU at a referendum in 2017.

The youth movements that organised the protests have still not forgiven more established opposition groups for rallying to them late, and then only hesitantly.

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