Hesitated

Examples

• For ten days after this repulse the Duke of Brunswick hesitated, and then he began to fall back towards the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Sir Percival hesitated and looked at his watch. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The girl hesitated. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She hesitated for a moment, holding the little volume fondly in her hands--then lifted it to her lips and kissed it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The Jew still hesitated. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Lily hesitated a moment. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Somewhat daunted by this reception, Jo hesitated on the threshold, murmuring in much embarrassment. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She moved away as if to leave the room--and hesitated before she got to the door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I hesitated; of the formula of confession I was ignorant: instead of commencing, then, with the prelude usual, I said:--Mon père, je suis Protestante. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• At the head of the stairs he hesitated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I hesitated a little before answering. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Ordinary people might have hesitated before setting aside their own engagements to suit the convenience of a stranger. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I did not know you—you— Were rich enough to possess one, said Crispin dryly, seeing the lady hesitated. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I should not have hesitated a moment. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Mr. Woodhouse hesitated. Jane Austen. Emma.
• She hesitated, lingered, but complied. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In the passion of their good intentions they have not hesitated to conceal facts, suppress thought, crush disturbing initiatives and apparently detrimental desires. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The father hesitated, he was in a nasty position. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The man hesitated for an instant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Topsy hesitated; but, on a second order, pulled out of her bosom a little parcel done up in the foot of one of her own old stockings. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She hesitated some time, but at length she formed her determination. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Mr. Wopsle hesitated, and we all began to conceive rather a poor opinion of him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If it is not false-- she hesitated. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• There was a pause, for he had hesitated and stopped. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• If I had contemplated interposing any remonstrance of my own humble devising, I might possibly have still hesitated. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was better to pay my visit, then He hesitated, got up, walked to a window. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But, remembering the heavy weight of anxiety which she already had on her mind, I hesitated to add to all the other vexations this new trouble. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I never hesitated in pursuing the treatment on which I had staked everything. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The man hesitated, and appeared in much confusion; but the duke was peremptory. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The king of Bulgaria had hesitated for more than a year to make any decision between the two sides. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Typist: Martha