Sentence examples for tentative from inspiring English sources

"The British government is working with others in the world to bring peace to Gaza and we do now have a tentative ceasefire which we all hope will hold".

There is no evidence of the preliminary tentative mark, of the initial hesitant touch of the pencil or crayon that would allow the artist to get his bearings and select the position for the first expressive line.

Her personal quest provides a glimpse of how a community brutalised by Boko Haram – and still mourning its lost sons and daughters – has rallied together as it takes tentative steps to recovery.

A spurious tabloid rumour about an Oasis reunion often treads a similar path: "A source" chirrups of some tentative peace within the Gallagher camp.

Even as US and Iranian negotiators pursue talks over Iran's nuclear programme, with a tentative deadline approaching in two weeks, the realities of the war on Isis and its extremist Sunni Salafi ideology have bound the two powers together in unprecedented ways.

Remember the tentative first steps of the Bambi-like Nick Riewoldt in 2001, when his pencil-thin arms and legs couldn't yet carry him to the destinations his mind had in store?

Although the initial email described the call as tentative, simply saying "Bernie is thinking about organizing a conference call with a number of leaders in Iowa who we have met this past year," Fiermonte confirmed that the call was happening.