Hesitate and Stay

Hesitate

Hesitate verb - To show uncertainty about the right course of action.

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Stay and hesitate are semantically related in break topic. In some cases you can use "Stay" instead a verb "Hesitate", when it comes to topics like tarry.

Nearby Words: hesitant, hesitation, hesitancy, hesitating, hesitatingly

Stay

Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

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Synonyms for Stay

Antonyms for Stay

Hesitate and stay are semantically related in break topic. Sometimes you can use "Hesitate" instead a verb "Stay", if it concerns topics such as tarry.

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

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Common collocations

shelter	hesitate shelter	stay shelter
team	hesitate team	stay team
moment	hesitate moment	stay moment
way	hesitate way	stay way
Other words: game, goal, times, powers.

Both words in one sentence

If Sam decides to instead hesitate and stay loyal to the government, Sam's only friend in the organization does it instead in a last-minute decision to save Sam's face.

Source: Shoot The Dog / Video Games
The Fundamentalist: The Eye of God organization is determined that mankind stay on Earth, and will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons to prove their point.

Source: Video Game / Empire Earth
While they stay in a steady relationship, she doesn't hesitate to call him out on his stupid moves (like announcing his home address on live air, daring the Mandarin to stop by and fight him).

Source: All Girls Want Bad Boys

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