reluctance

Example Sentences

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So you can understand, if not necessarily agree with, their reluctance to drop out and call it a day, in the hope that, just maybe, that proverbial bolt of lightning will strike.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

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

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

With so much at stake in this moment in time, that reluctance looks more like apathy.

From Salon