| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Hesitate |
| | Hesitating like stag at bay. John Clare | 1 |
Hesitating, fluttering, like the bird with young wing, weak and dubious. George Eliot | 2 |
Hesitating like a bather about to make his plunge. Thomas Hardy | 3 |
Hesitate, like the submissive voice of an inferior. Sir Walter Scott | 4 | | |
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