| What I feared was wrong with her was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but I hemmed and hawed and told her that we needed to run some tests. |
| After my son hemmed and hawed awhile, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust. |
| He stuttered, and hemmed and hawed, until I shouted a real message into his ear. |
| They hummed and hawed as if this European educational area did not yet exist. |
| The leap in price was daunting, and we hemmed and hawed for a year before saying okay, let's buy. |
| He hemmed and hawed, but I eventually got him to call the other dealership. |
