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1  Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the small reluctant hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
2  He was reluctant to close the book, reading each item aloud and then looking eagerly at me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  He seemed reluctant to put away the picture, held it for another minute, lingeringly, before my eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  Some little boys had come up on the steps and were looking into the hall; when I told them who had arrived they went reluctantly away.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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5  With a reluctant backward glance the well-disciplined child held to her nurse's hand and was pulled out the door, just as Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  A reluctant elevator boy went for a box full of straw and some milk to which he added on his own initiative a tin of large hard dog biscuits--one of which decomposed apathetically in the saucer of milk all afternoon.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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