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
The mind grows fond of those actions it is accustomed to, and is drawn with reluctancy from those paths in which it has been used to walk.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
I confess I have never observed such reluctancy in persons of your kidney before.
From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith
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 Alban Butler
I am the first to deviate in any measure from the original plan, and I have done so with doubt and reluctancy.
From Youth Challenges by Clarence Budington Kelland
