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

With much reluctancy the governor signed it, and thereby put the power of war and peace into Bacon's hands.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

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

From The Substitute Prisoner by Marcin, Max

The two men bowed, Richard with reluctancy, the Captain with easy bonhomie.

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette

Often, as the long vacation of her third year at Caen approached, she caught herself musing on the probability of her recall to England with a reluctancy full of doubts and fears.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]