RELUCTANT in a Sentence

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162 example sentences for RELUCTANT, such as:

1. The police are reluctant to step in.
2. Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.
3. She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
4. She was very reluctant to admit the truth.
5. She was reluctant to voice her suspicions.

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 Meanings and Examples of RELUCTANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reluctant
 a.  not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it
Classic Sentence: (137 in 10 pages)
1  He had driven his load half-way to the village when Jotham Powell overtook him, urging the reluctant sorrel toward the Flats.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
2  One by one the neighbors slipped away, reluctant to be present when the doctor came home, and Scarlett and Melanie were left alone, sewing in the parlor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
3  I can't stand it, said Scarlett, taking the horse by the bridle and pulling him to a reluctant start.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  Frank gave her the three hundred dollars, bewildered by her sweet urgency, reluctant at first, because it meant the end of his hope of buying the sawmill immediately.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
5  Willie, the counter boy, was reluctant to give her the large dirty-backed ledger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
6  After a private conversation with Archie, Frank gave his reluctant approval and sent word to the livery stable to release the horse and buggy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
7  The spring of the plains is not a reluctant virgin but brazen and soon away.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
8  The afternoon light was as reluctant as a winter dawn.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
9  He glanced at his reluctant little brother.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
10  The Indians, however, hesitated not a moment, but taking the bridles, they led the frightened and reluctant horses into the bed of the river.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
11  'Twould be, indeed, a bloody path for such tender feet to wade in," returned the equally reluctant scout; "but I thought it befitting my manhood to name it.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
12  Duncan shook his worthy and reluctant associate warmly by the hand, once more recommended his aged friend to his care, and returning his good wishes, he motioned to David to proceed.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
13  Even David was not reluctant to lend his ears to the tones of voices so sweet; and long ere the chant was ended, his gaze announced that his soul was enthralled.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
14  It is due to the noble Henry to say, he seemed almost as reluctant at leaving the prison as at leaving home to come to the prison.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  The enemy were scattered into reluctant groups.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
2  She was very reluctant to admit the truth.
3  Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.
4  Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk.
5  She was reluctant to voice her suspicions.
6  Children are sometimes understandably reluctant to wear glasses that are ugly or uncomfortable.
7  Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high.
8  The overwhelming caseload has made the government reluctant to postpone trials, even though virtually all of the suspects lack defense attorneys.
9  It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses.
10  My son is reluctant to go to the kindergarten.
11  The police are reluctant to step in.
12  But analysts say national governments may prove highly reluctant to surrender control of their radio frequencies to Brussels.
13  Economists say the unemployment rate could climb as high as 10.5 percent next year because employers remain reluctant to hire.
14  The cleric remains in a strong position, with Shia Islam's holiest site under the rule of his militia and US-led forces reluctant to cause any damage to the sacred city.
15  Because Fanny was reluctant to obtrude her opinions about child-raising upon her daughter-in-law, she kept a close watch on her tongue.