Sentence examples for tentative was from inspiring English sources

More tentative was Bey's meandering, mystical rap over the Allegretto of the Beethoven Seventh.

The settlement, which is tentative, was approved yesterday by Judge Gerard E. Lynch of Federal District Court in Lower Manhattan.

Those present at the meeting said the proposal, which Lear described as "tentative", was given a hostile reception.

However, others close to the negotiation say that no agreement — even tentative — was ever reached among the eight senators, especially concerning the controversial guest-worker program.

Consider this half-page passage about clouds bunching over the ocean: "I knew, watching them, that if in any given moment a measurement could be made it would show how tentative was my mind's mastery over my heart.

David Bookstaver, a spokesman for the State Office of Court Administration, said that while there was little activity, the reopening of the courts, however tentative, was a step toward full operations.

Their explanation, albeit tentative, is straightforward.

Alice's reaching out, though tentative, is genuine.

Man shows himself to be fragile, uncomfortable, full of deft apology for his tentative being.

The findings are tentative, being based on a small sample of cases in Hong Kong.

Don't be tentative; be bold.