be unwilling

Example Sentences

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The key is to find a role where success doesn’t hinge on a modification that your employer may be unwilling or unable to give.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Such is the level of scrutiny surrounding it that China is understood to be unwilling to allow it into port.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

And without a pressing geopolitical threat, Congress may be unwilling to spend more on space exploration, as it did during the 1960s with the Apollo program, Forczyk said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

"They may also be unwilling to have anyone else enter the home to help."

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

Elisha picked out the song on the piano, his fingers seeming to hesitate, almost to be unwilling.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin