Without looking back at him, the officer hesitated on the airlock ramp.

The little officer hesitated a moment, then stepped across, and shook hands with me.

The officer hesitated - several of the crew had stopped to listen.

The officer hesitated, then continued, "I wonder if we might ever hope to be one people again."

The officer hesitated a moment before answering, his eyes running about over the assembly as though in search of someone.

The first officer hesitated for a moment before reading the next name out loud.

The officer hesitated a moment, then shook his head.

After their exchange earlier, his first officer hesitated to speak up and suggest the course of action he was contemplating.

The first officer didn't hesitate to ask the next question, even though he dreaded the answer.

The first officer hesitated before finally speaking, and he did so slowly.