hesitate

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hesitate

verb balk, be dilatory, be dubious, be irresslute, be tentative, be uncertain, cunctari, dally, debate, delay, deliberate, demur, doubt, dubitare, equivocate, falter, fluctuate, haerere, have reservations, hold back, oscillate, pause, ponder, procrastinate, question, quibble, reluctant, scruple, shift, slow, stop, think twice, vacillate, wait, waver

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Her mouth is slightly ajar as if she were about to say something, but hesitates. She seems every bit the "hesitating beauty" of the title that is printed right across her nearly closed eyes.

Hesitating beauty

"If I have an event to attend, he never hesitates to give me any time I may need to participate as a member of the Civil Air Patrol.

Honor through remembrance

Some of the businessmen in town see Alice's visions as an economic boon; the Catholic Church hesitates in both a protective and a questioning way.