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Hesitating in sentence

70 examples of Hesitating in a sentence

She stood, earnestly looking through the crevice, hesitating whether to retire, or to wait with the expectation of yet meeting Henry, as the stranger moved his hand from before his eyes, and raised his face, apparently in deep musing, when Frances instantly recognized the benevolent and strongly marked, but composed features of Harper.
They passed by the old Welshman's house, halfway up the hill, without hesitating, and still climbed upward.
This a little amazed him, and he wrote down the words distinctly, but read them over and over before he signed them, hesitating at them several times, and repeating them: 'My mother's prejudice!
He stood a little while hesitating, as if doubtful whether to take it or no; but I pressed it on him, and made him accept it, and it was not much less worth than his leather pouch full of Spanish gold; no, though it were to be reckoned as if at London, whereas it was worth twice as much there, where I gave it him.
He copied the face of Camille with a hesitating hand, as a pupil copies an academical figure, with a clumsy exactitude that conveyed a scowl to the face.
After a pause, the young man, in a hesitating tone, resumed:"Therese, shall we give your aunt a bright and peaceful existence?"
For half an hour, he remained on the pavement in the Rue Mazarine, thinking and hesitating as to how he could divert himself.
This craving drove him to draw near to the inn, still undecided whether to go in or not, and as he was hesitating there came out two persons who at once recognised him, and said one to the other:"Senor licentiate, is not he on the horse there Sancho Panza who, our adventurer's housekeeper told us, went off with her master as esquire?""So it is," said the licentiate, "and that is our friend Don Quixote's horse;" and if they knew him so well it was because they were the curate and the barber of his own village, the same who had carried out the scrutiny and sentence upon the books; and as soon as they recognised Sancho Panza and Rocinante, being anxious to hear of Don Quixote, they approached, and calling him by his name the curate said, "Friend Sancho Panza, where is your master?"
"Difficulties are attempted either for the sake of God or for the sake of the world, or for both; those undertaken for God's sake are those which the saints undertake when they attempt to live the lives of angels in human bodies; those undertaken for the sake of the world are those of the men who traverse such a vast expanse of water, such a variety of climates, so many strange countries, to acquire what are called the blessings of fortune; and those undertaken for the sake of God and the world together are those of brave soldiers, who no sooner do they see in the enemy's wall a breach as wide as a cannon ball could make, than, casting aside all fear, without hesitating, or heeding the manifest peril that threatens them, borne onward by the desire of defending their faith, their country, and their king, they fling themselves dauntlessly into the midst of the thousand opposing deaths that await them.
'I do, Sir,' replied Mr. Pickwick; 'I object to say anything which may compromise that lady, or awaken unpleasant recollections in her breast, without her consent and permission.''Miss Witherfield,' said Mr. Peter Magnus, 'do you know this person?''Know him!' repeated the middle-aged lady, hesitating.
'Really, Sir,' said Mr. Winkle, hesitating whether to give his hand or not, and almost fearing that it was demanded in order that he might be taken at an advantage, 'really, Sir, I--''I know what you mean,' interposed Dowler.
''Cause--' said Sam, hesitating.
'Oh, if it's nothing particular,' said Mr. Pickwick, with a smile, 'you can speak with me first.''I think I'd better see arter it at once,' said Sam, still hesitating.
'I know so little of the gentleman,' said Mr. Pickwick, hesitating, 'that I--''I know you do,' interrupted Smangle, clasping Mr. Pickwick by the shoulder.
Will you see him?''What do you think?' inquired Mr. Pickwick, hesitating.
He had stopped hesitating on the threshold; she dropped her work, and rose breathless.
Here, take this purse of a hundred pistoles, and pardon me.""I pardon you, monseigneur!" said Bonacieux, hesitating to take the purse, fearing, doubtless, that this pretended gift was but a pleasantry.
He inquired how far Netherfield was from Meryton; and, after receiving her answer, asked in a hesitating manner how long Mr. Darcy had been staying there.
When Neb heard that his master had been made prisoner, he left Massachusetts without hesitating an instant, arrived before Richmond, and by dint of stratagem and shrewdness, after having risked his life twenty times over, managed to penetrate into the besieged town.
Harding took all this in at a glance, and without hesitating, followed by the lad, he entered the enormous chasm in the midst of an increasing obscurity.
So Herbert was able, without hesitating, to give them their real name of "Arctic foxes."
"But Ayrton--" answered the engineer, hesitating, "you will risk your life--""Why not, sir?""That is more than your duty."
Ayrton then, followed by Pencroft, crossed it with a rapid step, scaring the birds nestled in the holes of the rocks; then, without hesitating, he plunged into the sea, and swam noiselessly in the direction of the ship, in which a few lights had recently appeared, showing her exact situation.
Evidently Bob Harvey was hesitating.
you suppose that Ayrton finding his old companions, forgetting all that he owes us--""Who knows?" answered the sailor, who did not hazard this shameful supposition without hesitating.
Gurth darted at him a savage and revengeful scowl, and with a fierce, yet hesitating motion, laid his hand on the haft of his knife; but the interference of Prior Aymer, who pushed his mule betwixt his companion and the swineherd, prevented the meditated violence.
"Well, then"--said Isaac, panting and hesitating between habitual love of gain and a new-born desire to be liberal in the present instance, "if I should say that I would take eighty zecchins for the good steed and the rich armour, which leaves me not a guilder's profit, have you money to pay me?""Barely," said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, "and it will leave my master nigh penniless.
He paced the apartment to and fro, now vainly exhorting the terrified maiden to compose herself, now hesitating concerning his own line of conduct.
Serezha exclaimed in a piercing voice, as he often did, 'Ah!Mama!' and stopped, hesitating whether to go and bid her good-morning and leave the flowers, or to finish the crown he was making and take it to her.
The detective passed his hand across his forehead, hesitating before he spoke again.
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