RELUCTANCE in a Sentence
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162 example sentences for RELUCTANCE, such as:
1. Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.
2. She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
3. She was reluctant to voice her suspicions.
4. She was very reluctant to admit the truth.
5. I noticed a certain reluctance among the teachers.
2. She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
3. She was reluctant to voice her suspicions.
4. She was very reluctant to admit the truth.
5. I noticed a certain reluctance among the teachers.
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Meanings and Examples of RELUCTANCE
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reluctance
n. a certain degree of unwillingness
n. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
Classic Sentence: (137 in 10 pages)
1 He foresaw so clearly the consequences of this imprudence that with considerable reluctance he decided to ask Andrew Hale for a small advance on his load.
2 He moved in an inner world that was more beautiful than Georgia and came back to reality with reluctance.
3 With reluctance he told us that you spent your mornings at the store and would permit no one else to do the bookkeeping.
4 Even the immediate one of letting Trenor, as they drove homeward, lean a little nearer and rest his hand reassuringly on hers, cost her only a momentary shiver of reluctance.
5 She doubted Mrs. Van Osburgh's reluctance, but was aware of Miss Farish's habit of ascribing her own delicacies of feeling to the persons least likely to be encumbered by them.
6 It was the char-woman of the Benedick who, resting on crimson elbows, examined her with the same unflinching curiosity, the same apparent reluctance to let her pass.
7 She believed in the sincerity of her friend's affection, though it sometimes showed itself in self-interested ways, and she shrank with peculiar reluctance from any risk of estranging it.
8 Ten minutes later the two men passed out together between the gold-laced custodians of the threshold; but in the vestibule Stepney drew up with a last flare of reluctance.
9 The consciousness of his half-divined reluctance had vanished.
10 The car skidded, it turned about with comic reluctance, crashed into a tree, and stood tilted on a broken wheel.
11 Anxious to know the worst, and willing, in such an emergency, to try the potency of gold he overcame his reluctance to speak to Magua.
12 At first their progress was slow and guarded, as though they entered with reluctance amid the horrors of the post, or dreaded the renewal of its frightful incidents.
13 A short and impressive pause succeeded, during which it was very apparent with what reluctance the multitude admitted the justice of the Mingo's claim.
14 Thither Tamenund also retired, with calm composure, after a short and touching interview with Uncas; from whom the sage separated with the reluctance that a parent would quit a long lost and just recovered child.
15 After exchanging a few words of further arrangement, Haley, with visible reluctance, handed over the fifty dollars to Tom, and the worthy trio separated for the night.
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1 I noticed a certain reluctance among the teachers.
2 This reluctance to move towards a democratic state is typical of totalitarian regimes.
3 Ministers have shown extreme reluctance to explain their position to the media.
4 His designs indicate a reluctance to conform to fashion.
5 The second aspect which can be noted is the reluctance of government sometimes to appreciate or accept possible resource implications.
6 He showed great reluctance to reveal his whereabouts.
7 Moreover the recent decisions from the Judiciary also reflect their reluctance in proceeding with the case.
8 The main reason for this reluctance is the threat of litigation for defamation.
9 She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
10 She was very reluctant to admit the truth.
11 Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.
12 Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk.
13 She was reluctant to voice her suspicions.
14 Children are sometimes understandably reluctant to wear glasses that are ugly or uncomfortable.
15 Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high.