The soldiers reached the bank, but hesitated to plunge in.

The remaining four soldiers hesitated, looking to the junior officer for their lead.

The river was deep, and the Hessian soldiers hesitated to enter it.

The young soldier hesitated, then said there was no modern locator at the field.

Perhaps they'd hoped their stubbornness would make the soldiers hesitate or even withdraw.

The young soldier hesitated, then did as he was told, surprised by the unusually personal tone in the General's voice.

The Israeli soldiers hesitated briefly, unsure who was inside the jeep, he said.

The soldier hesitated, staring hard, as if he meant to read her soul.

The soldier hesitated a moment, then stepped back into the room.

Without a good grasp of why they are being asked to kill, he says, many soldiers may hesitate in dangerous and ambiguous circumstances.