reluctant in English

adjective
1
unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
she seemed reluctant to discuss the matter

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "reluctant" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "reluctant", or refer to the context using the word "reluctant" in the English Dictionary.

1. Reluctant, aren't you?

2. The reluctant arsonist.

3. Not reluctant to leave.

4. Otherswere reluctant to clamp down.

5. But the villagers are reluctant.

6. She gave a reluctant smile.

7. He finally gave a reluctant smile.

8. The government was reluctant to disarm.

9. He gave me a reluctant assistance.

10. Most bystanders are reluctant to get involved.

11. Students may feel reluctant to ask questions.

12. They have often been reluctant to devalue.

13. She was reluctant to voice her suspicions.

14. She was reluctant to confess her ignorance.

15. The police are reluctant to step in.

16. She was reluctant to go with him.

17. The child was reluctant to leave her mother.

18. She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.

19. The monarchy was notoriously reluctant to embrace change.

20. Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.

21. They were reluctant to leave hearth and home.

22. The dead Emperor was always a reluctant warrior.

23. Even trade unionists were reluctant to show solidarity.

24. Cautious by nature, Simpkin was reluctant to interfere.

25. She was very reluctant to admit the truth.

26. The patient's a federal witness- - reluctant, I'm assuming.

27. Cath was most reluctant to surrender her independence.

28. Reporters are often reluctant to examine substantive issues.

29. Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task.

30. Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take Corrective action

31. S.B. was deeply reluctant to envisage a new coalition.

32. I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems.

33. My son is reluctant to go to the kindergarten.

34. He was reluctant to let us browse without instruction.

35. Feminist psychologists are often reluctant to call on psychoanalysis.

36. 2 Cath was most reluctant to surrender her independence.

37. We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.

38. The courts are reluctant to interfere in these matters.

39. Bielecki, was reportedly a reluctant nominee for the premiership.

40. She was curiously reluctant to talk about the experience.

41. Shops are often reluctant to take back unsatisfactory goods.

42. Reporters are often reluctant to examine substantive political issues.

43. He convinced reluctant Nikita Khrushchev that military intervention was necessary.

44. The government was reluctant to sanction intervention in the crisis.

45. 6 I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems.

46. A mother was coaxing her reluctant child into the water.

47. Thus, some officials have been reluctant to antagonise the Saudis.

48. He would have been reluctant to accede if she had.

49. Many parents feel reluctant to talk openly with their children.

50. 1 Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take corrective action.