How to pronounce hesitation

Listen to hesitation in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“hesitation” in real sentences

596 clips in the index · 105 American · 161 British · 1 Australian · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. He accepts without hesitation.

    TED-Ed · hear it here

  2. Was there any hesitation?

    The 92nd Street Y · hear it here

  3. I remove my hesitation and

    Happiness Institute · hear it here

  4. You can understand his hesitation.

    CBC News · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hesitation. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.

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