Sentence examples for hesitations before from inspiring English sources

All game, he did things that given his almost seven-foot frame and long, stretchy limbs he shouldn't, by rights, be able to do, but which have become staples of the diet he offers to fans: deceptive hesitations before journeys into the paint; flicked fifteen-foot turn-around jumpers; easy sprints to regain a position on defense that seemed hopelessly lost.

There was never a hesitation before speaking, or between phrases, no time for thought or reflection.

But I can't recall any hesitation before inventing Miriam's exaggerated claim for it as a marvel.

The dance's drama responds to the music closely, including a shaded moment of hesitation before the tidy finish.

However, involuntary muscle contractions and hesitation before explosive movements do constitute activity limitations in comparison to able-bodied players.

His slight hesitation before replying, his emotion, and his surprise seemed too spontaneous to have been counterfeit.

He settled on both containers at first in a sign of hesitation before opening the box with the Spanish flag.

His isolationism was one of the key factors in America's fatal hesitation before the world blew up.

Public confidence in the judiciary warrants hesitation before filling the bench, let alone the life-tenured federal bench, with the irascible.

That a third of MPs are buy-to-let landlords?" There's a hesitation before she answers, and it's only afterwards I realise why.

There was a moment's hesitation before Maxwell said: "Tell your mate he's bloody lucky he's got a merciful and compassionate publisher".