reluctance

Example Sentences

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Given Bale's heights for club and country, you can understand the reluctance to make the comparison.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Jeffrey Lewis, an arms-control expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said Iran has long had the technical capability to develop intermediate-range missiles but was held back by a political reluctance to use it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

She said she is leaving with some frustrations about the management of the LAFD, including its reluctance to refer allegations of wrongdoing by its members to an independent investigation rather than an internal inquiry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

He also said he would not vote on a resolution on Ukraine at the EU summit starting in Brussels on Thursday over the bloc's reluctance to mention Druzhba in it.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

His sense of duty and the thought that the country he had helped create was in danger overcame his reluctance to leave.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis