hesitations

The thinking of the beautiful was bound to result in hesitations, in reluctances, in unhappiness all around.

The Enchanted April 1922

Such men are an invaluable element in the deliberative stages of every question; but their very critical powers paralyse action, and when movement becomes necessary their hesitations are a drawback.

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872

Anyway, despite the amply covered anecdotal evidence of "hesitations" about Obama among Jews, he is only polling marginally lower than Kerry was in that group, and certainly not enough to jeopardize one single state.

Paul Jenkins: No Longer Staring Into the Abyss of an Obama-Clinton Ticket 2008

To name only the latest scandalous declarations of Insulza in Spain, or the "hesitations" of Bachelet at the UN.

11/26/2006 - 12/03/2006 2006

The conversations that follow, as far as I'm concerned, neither prove nor disprove the existence of life after death, or the ability of the departed to communicate with those left behind; they're too general, too punctuated with hesitations and mis-steps, establishing details that fail to chime with anyone.

Among the psychics 2011

Andrew Burton for The Wall Street Journal A macchiato at RBC I mention my hesitations only to say that Giorgio Milos , the master barista for Italian coffee maker illy caffé, had his work cut out for him convincing me of the value of his calling when we embarked on a coffee tour Tuesday afternoon at RBC NYC, an unassuming espresso bar he'd selected in TriBeCa.

Coffee That Gives a Real Jolt Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

I remember I began to get anxiety when I turned in my papers (especially during college) because it seemed that every teacher or professor I had expected something different from my writing, and had no hesitations critiquing my work.

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Video chats using the Qik app were not as smooth, often plagued by image freezes and hesitations over the network.

First looks: Samsung Galaxy S 4G is Ferrari fast 2011

Trilling's hesitations over the bureaucratic "rationalism" of liberalsim are only superficially about "complexity" as the word might be understood by literary criticism.

Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

I remember I began to get anxiety when I turned in my papers (especially during college) because it seemed that every teacher or professor I had expected something different from my writing, and had no hesitations critiquing my work.

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