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  1. hesitates

    Hesitation or hesitating is the psychological process of pausing in the course of making a decision or taking an action, typically due to uncertainty as to the best course of action. Hesitation is described in both positive and negative terms, with some perceiving it as an indication of thoughtfulness, while others characterize it as a sign of indecisiveness or lack of the will to act. In literature, a period of hesitation on the part of a key character has sometimes been depicted as having substantial consequences.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hesitates in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hesitates in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of hesitates in a Sentence

  1. Henry C. Link:

    While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

  2. James Thurber:

    He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

  3. Mae West:

    He who hesitates is a damned fool.

  4. Harry S. Truman:

    A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

  5. Simone Weil:

    Bourgeois society is infected by monomania the monomania of accounting. For it, the only thing that has value is what can be counted in francs and centimes. It never hesitates to sacrifice human life to figures which look well on paper, such as national budgets or industrial balance sheets.

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