HESITATE in a Sentence

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1. Please don't hesitate to call me.
2. Please do not hesitate to call us.
3. Cosette did not hesitate a moment.
4. I therefore may hesitate between you.
5. I hesitate to describe him as really clever.

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 Meanings and Examples of HESITATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hesitate
 v.  pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He made it responsible for the fate which he was suffering, and he said to himself that it might be that one day he should not hesitate to call it to account.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
2  They do not hesitate; he is Jean Valjean for them as well as for Brevet.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
3  Here is one before us, upon whose threshold we hesitate.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
4  At a certain moment fear assailed them; whether it was that he was fatigued, or that his head turned, they thought they saw him hesitate and stagger.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
5  She bit her lips; she seemed to hesitate, as though a prey to some sort of inward conflict.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS
6  Cosette did not hesitate a moment.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER
7  And then, destiny was there sufficiently stamped to make them hesitate to touch it.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—BRUNESEAU.
8  Jean Valjean did not hesitate for an instant.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
9  All this the young man perceived, and yet, to his praise we speak it, he did not hesitate a second.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
10  The three Musketeers therefore did not hesitate to make a step forward.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
11  Arriving there, the young woman seemed to hesitate, as she had before done in the Rue Vaugirard.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
12  For my part, I should not hesitate a moment; I should take the hundred pistoles.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 28 THE RETURN
13  No, I do not hesitate; but I really pity this poor Comte de Wardes, since you have ceased to love him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 37 MILADY'S SECRET
14  I therefore may hesitate between you.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 55 CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
15  When the hour of breakfast came, therefore, I did not hesitate to eat and drink.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  People should not hesitate to contact the police if they've noticed anyone acting suspiciously.
2  Please do not hesitate to call us.
3  Please don't hesitate to call me.
4  I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
5  If you hesitate too long, you will miss the opportunity.
6  It is a good movie, but I hesitate to use the word masterpiece for a movie I have seen only once.
7  Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures.
8  There was a fractional hesitation before he said yes.
9  As an Eric Clapton fan, I recommend this double album without the slightest hesitation.
10  He hesitated before stepping across the threshold.
11  I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.
12  He hesitated and asked me if he could sit near me.
13  No matter how much I feel lost and hesitated now.
14  We hesitated at the propriety of the method.
15  Alison hesitated moment, as if she were waiting for him.