Plural of hesitation
regular plural
The plural of hesitation is hesitations.
Forms of hesitation
| Singular | hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hesitations |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Hesitations in a sentence
- Lacking his francophone dulciloquence, however, and having a hitch in my style born of ethical hesitations, I failed to sell a single calculator.2016, Richard Dietrich Maddox, Remembering Eternity, volume 1 (The Sun Inside), book 1 (The Game Begins), →ISBN, page 181. From the entry dulciloquence
- Whatever your excuses or hesitations when it comes to putting your face between a woman's legs, now's the time to get over them.2006, Nina Hartley, Ira S. Levine, Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex. From the entry cunnilinguist
- Lovecraft must cat-and-mouse with us as well, interminably exploiting the hesitations and reluctances of his narrator to tell us what the basic horror is.2004, Fritz Leiber, Ben J. S. Szumskyj, S. T. Joshi, Fritz Leiber and H.P. Lovecraft: Writers of the Dark, page 301. From the entry cat-and-mouse
- You could safely kick out the jams, dissolve the old hesitations, break with adults, be done with compromises, get on with it.1998, John Downton Hazlett, My Generation: Collective Autobiography and Identity Politics, page 192. From the entry kick out the jams
Meaning of hesitation
- noun An act of hesitating.
- noun Doubt; vacillation.
- noun A faltering in speech; stammering.
Questions about the plural of hesitation
- What is the plural of hesitation?
- The plural of hesitation is hesitations.
- Is hesitation countable?
- Hesitation is a countable and uncountable noun.
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