Like the well-trained officer he was, Chang reacted automatically, without the fatal hesitations of thought.
It was difficult to adjudicate such a complex mental phenomenon because, suppose he was totally responsible for their fatal hesitation at the crucial moment.
The creature didn't understand for a split second, a fatal hesitation.
This fatal hesitation resulted in the Gnome's capture and the loss of the coveted Sword-the lifeline back to his own kind.
With a fatal hesitation, he reached for his blaster and swung it from his belly pouch.
A fatal hesitation.
Then, before he could think about it - thinking might have provoked fatal hesitation - he swept the Bic pen around in a short, shallow arc.
His isolationism was one of the key factors in America's fatal hesitation before the world blew up.
If he did, it was a fatal hesitation.
All members of the team, except for Lesovikk, were killed in a battle against a tribe of Zyglak, due to a fatal hesitation on Lesovikk's part.