reluctancy
Example Sentences
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“There seems to have been some reluctancy in a lot of citizens to be vaccinated,” the Pasco mayor said in that story.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
For a moment the Sparrow hesitated; and then, with a sort of queer reluctancy, he dropped the knife on the table, and went and picked up the strands of cord from the floor.
From The White Moll by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
All their outrage is occasioned by those passages in that paper, which they do not in the least pretend to answer, and with the utmost reluctancy are forced to mention.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan
I am the first to deviate in any measure from the original plan, and I have done so with doubt and reluctancy.
From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington
The mind grows fond of those actions it is accustomed to, and is drawn with reluctancy from those paths in which it has been used to walk.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton
