| 单词 | hem and haw |
| 例句 | “To see almost the entire G.O.P., but also a decent number of Democrats, equivocate and hem and haw and filibuster, and ultimately bend yet again to pressure from the gun lobby.” Obama and Bob Iger Speak at a Sandy Hook Benefit in Manhattan 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z He’d rather hem and haw, leaving everybody in limbo, than deliver bad news. Lionel Richie can’t slow down, and we’re all the richer for it 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z After some cajoling, he would agree to go back to the lap dance area, and then would hem and haw about actually handing over that $20, trying to get me to beg for it. Who says sex work isn't compatible with a happy home life? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Hey, if we wanted to watch a guy hem and haw and not make a commitment, we could just spend time with the men in our real lives. "The Bachelor's" twisted revenge fantasy 2011-01-11T16:12:00Z The summer time audience might not have watched in droves, and those in Congress who have the power to put Trump in check may continue to hem and haw and delay. ABC's "30 Hours" Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history's long view, it will count 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z They will hem and haw and then choose an option you didn’t even offer. This 4-year-old dawdles, and his parents are stuck 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Most real estate TV quests are partially faked; many times, the couples have already bought the home they pretend to hem and haw over before choosing it in the end. Netflix's "Marriage or Mortgage" invites us to look back at a time when bad decisions were a luxury 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Chuck Grassley would “hem and haw about this or that problem he had with the bill without telling us what exactly it would take to get him to yes.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z This is as settled as science can be, yet Congress continues to hem and haw and fail to take meaningful action. No time for Biden to dither on climate emergency 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z While Westerners trying to describe smells tend to hem and haw and squint into space, searching for descriptors, speakers of these languages are declarative and decisive. What Can Covid-19 Teach Us About the Mysteries of Smell? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Because as much as we would like to hem and haw around it, women are the primary customer base for these seltzers. DIY White Claw: Look how easy it is to make your own hard seltzer (and save some serious cash!) 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “This play is important for Seattle because of the passive-aggressive nature of the city, and the way that people here hem and haw instead of stepping into issues,” said director Jay O’Leary. ‘Citizen’ challenges actors, Seattle audiences with its raw examination of everyday racism 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z “Too many people have to hem and haw around it because of their political affiliations and how they get elected,” said Phil Stang, the mayor of Kimmswick, Mo., who lives near the Mississippi. In Flood-Hit Midwest, Mayors See Climate Change as a Subject Best Avoided 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Winners take bold actions, dominate others and impose their will on the world; losers hem and haw, dither and consult, exercise restraint. Tired of ‘Winning’? You Should Be 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z “If the left wants to hem and haw over the lack of diversity, fine. If he gets results, then it won’t matter.” Trump’s administration isn’t very diverse. Photo ops make it glaringly obvious. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z "To listen to most of the GOP field hem and haw when asked about the Confederate battle flag is truly baffling to me," he writes. South Carolina Confederate Flag Sparks Controversy, Pundits React 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Let me pretend to hem and haw here like I haven’t already made up my mind. NBA finals 2015: Cleveland Cavaliers 91-104 Golden State Warriors – as it happened 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Why did he decide to hem and haw? It is clear that he was worried what the backlash to that answer might be, no matter how much it was supported by the facts. ‘Megadroughts’ and why we ask politicians about evolution 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z "Winners take bold actions, dominate others and impose their will on the world; losers hem and haw, dither and consult, exercise restraint." Tired of ‘Winning’? You Should Be 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z If it were not so tragic, it might be comical to hear his minions squirm, vacillate, hem and haw about what Americans should do. CHARLES HURT: Fight the spread of Ebola by wiping out malaria with DDT 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z “That doubt in the back of their minds makes them hem and haw.” Politicians say the darndest things about climate change 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Let me pretend to hem and haw here like I haven’t already made up my mind. NBA finals 2015: Cleveland Cavaliers 91-104 Golden State Warriors – as it happened 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Ask fans of Justified about the show’s current fifth season and they’re likely to hem and haw before ultimately confessing that it isn’t the show’s finest. What Justified Needs to Fix in Time for Its Final Season 2014-04-08T16:21:49Z For example, if you're in sales, maybe you're good at asking questions and presenting solutions, but tend to hem and haw when it's time to close the deal. 4 Magic Questions That Create Success 2012-11-14T13:00:00Z He would hem and haw, and look rigid, and say we had better leave the matter to the police.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z When asked whether a treatment will be covered by insurance, doctors typically hem and haw about widely varying coverage policies, according to Caplan. Doctors and dentists can face complaints about pushing cosmetic treatments 2010-05-18T04:00:00Z To my surprise he began to hem and haw, and finally stammered out: "There is really no reason in my opinion, why you shouldn't sing this evening!" Confessions of an Opera Singer What made you hem and haw about it? Black Forest Village Stories This table shall be our bench, on which we’ll hem and haw and puff and look judicial. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time It would shame a man to 'hem and haw and qualify. Christmas Eve at Swamp's End Suffice it to state that when I called for the bonds Addicks began to hem and haw, and then I realized that he had a second time lied to me. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated When it is pointed out to him that religion has done and still is doing this, he will hem and haw until he manufactures some illogical answer. The Necessity of Atheism Why do these—these people at the fort hem and haw and hesitate when they speak about him? Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. Here again the Senior Partner is inclined to hem and haw. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers I am afraid he will hem and haw, and have his doubts. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted They will probably demur and delay, and hem and haw, and procrastinate, till finally they will get out of it in some way. Remarks I find that I cannot make poor Mr Gresham hem and haw and turn himself uneasily in his arm-chair in a natural manner till I have said why he is uneasy. Doctor Thorne |
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