irresolute

• “Liz, a slender slip of a creature, large-eyed, and woe-begone, stood up before him staring at him in irresolute wretchedness, as he seated himself.”

  That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story

• “As to being "irresolute" I've heard worse and from a better bunch than this.”

  Pirates defeated.

• “She held out her hand to Donal with a kind of irresolute motion, but withdrawing it, smiled almost beseechingly, and said,”

  Donal Grant, by George MacDonald

• “I knew that every minute was precious to me, yet I remained irresolute in what manner to commence the interview; when the old man addressed me — 'By your language, stranger, I suppose you are my countryman; — are you French?”

  Chapter 15

• “O never appeared surprised by events or irresolute in adversity.”

  Simon & Schuster: O: A Presidential Novel

• “They tried not to be publicly judgmental about the character of the incumbent president, but they believed his celebrated political talents disguised an immature and irresolute nature.”

  Simon & Schuster: O: A Presidential Novel

• “Unsure what to do, the central authorities used what tools they had in counterproductive ways—irresolute and unpredictable stabs of force along with unenforceable attempts at economic blackmail.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Return

• “After all, only a hopelessly dysfunctional, politically riven and terminally confused and irresolute society would respond to naked aggression by an oppressive Arab tyranny against its neighbor by launching a large-scale invasion, only to abruptly end hostilities with the aggressor government intact and still in power, settling instead for a long-term blockade to prevent the aggressor from rearming.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Israeli Incompetence

• “The president seems irresolute and unreliable, even when doing the right thing.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Obama Bungles the Libya Speech

• “All this muddle adds to the sense that Mr. Obama is irresolute, weak and unreliable, even when doing the right thing.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Obama Bungles the Libya Speech

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