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

A biographer records her death from smallpox when twenty-five years old, "to the unspeakable reluctancy of her relatives."

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement

He went through these more sublime studies with extraordinary success, and proceeded doctor of divinity with uncommon applause, though his modesty gave him a reluctancy in that honor.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

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

Hiding his reluctancy, Cooper left his seat and advanced toward the doorway.

From The Substitute Prisoner by Marcin, Max