reluctancy
- a variation of reluctance.
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
But oh, with what reluctancy did I feel myself obliged to consume time in sleep!
From The Palm Tree Blessing by Shepard, W. E.
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 Butler, Alban
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.]
A biographer records her death from smallpox when twenty-five years old, "to the unspeakable reluctancy of her relatives."
From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement
