Synonyms for hesitated
hes·i·tat·ed

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1. stuttered

   when someone starts to talk, but then words don’t come out as neatly, which is stuttering.

   she started to stutter when the teacher asked her a question.

   Submitted by lilylovesdixie on August 22, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "hesitated":

   flinched, faltered, paused

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1. Gen John E. Wissler:

   You never hesitated in the joint effort to bring our brothers home, everyone united -- the soldiers hiking through hazardous terrain, the pilots flying in uncertain weather conditions and the Nepalese special forces standing watch over our Marines on a mountainside at night.

2. Pete Arredondo:

   Not a single responding officer ever hesitated, even for a moment, to put themselves at risk to save the children, we responded to the information that we had and had to adjust to whatever we faced. Our objective was to save as many lives as we could, and the extraction of the students from the classrooms by all that were involved saved over 500 of our Uvalde students and teachers before we gained access to the shooter and eliminated the threat.

3. Garrett Fraess:

   He never even hesitated, he took off and has been doing great. Turtles are really good at healing as long as the shell remains stable.

4. David Sundberg:

   With the significantly increased reward, we urge those who may have previously hesitated to contact us – or who may not have realized they had important information – to review the information on our website and come forward with anything relevant, despite the unprecedented volume of data review involved in this case, the FBI and our partners continue to work relentlessly to bring the perpetrator of these dangerous attempted attacks to justice.

5. Heath Boackle:

   He hesitated simply because of what's going on in society right now, we have officers walking on eggshells because of how they're scrutinized in the media.