tentative

• “Her expression tentative, she moved slowly toward the chair facing him and hesitantly sat down on it.”

  The Wall Street Journal: 'I'll Walk Alone'

• “The comments from the E.C.B. president, Mario Draghi, came after the bank's decision to keep its benchmark interest rate steady, amid what it called "tentative" signs that the pace of an economic downturn in Europe had stabilized.”

  NYT > Home Page

• “Department of Agriculture and Centers for Disease Control issued what they called tentative proposed standards for food marketed to children, defined as up to age”

  Reuters: Top News

• “As adults they remain tentative, withdrawn, and anxious.”

  The Science of Success

• “For the most part, the links between particular traits and transmitter levels remain tentative, partly because the former can involve neurochemical choruses, not just solos.”

  How We Become What We Are

• “Since the end of the war, the U.S. has engaged in tentative "talks" with the countries of Southeast Asia, primarily Vietnam, which has resulted in the return of several hundred sets of American remains.”

  Lawrence, Gregory P.

• “The abruptness of the movement was normal for a Massood, in whose vocabulary the word tentative did not exist.”

  A Call to Arms

• “This work was researched and executed during the latter years of the Vietnam War and the period of what might be called tentative détente.”

  Simon & Schuster: Interpretations of American History

• “However let's not lose site of the fact is was another performance of just going through the motions, too many passengers not committed to the cause and players seemingly taking delight in short tentative passes to marked team mates.”

  Chelsea Blog

• “I was just wondering what the word tentative meant?”

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