Sentence examples for instead reluctantly from inspiring English sources

After four other men turned him down, Pendergast instead reluctantly backed Truman as a Democratic candidate for the 1934 U.S. Senate election for Missouri.

Jamie has a history of confronting LePage on tough issues, so Bennett refused to offer Jamie the mic, instead reluctantly reading the text of Jamie's question as it was written.

Instead, DeGeest reluctantly decided to open a regular old stationary restaurant.

Instead, he reluctantly handed over the reins of his party to Richard Nixon, whose loss in 1960 made possible the nomination of Barry Goldwater in 1964.

Instead, he "reluctantly" told the interviewer, "There are certain pieces I do rather like, but I think operas rather suffer from uninteresting plots".

You could incentivise the non-display of sugar-rich rubbish; expand the pharmacy section into a mini-walk-in clinic; and adopt – voluntarily instead of reluctantly – the clearest possible healthy eating label system.

Instead of reluctantly agreeing to create a mate for the Creature, he cobbles together a hybrid stitch-up of his prospective wife (whose heart has been inconveniently ripped out by his handiwork) and the maid, Justine, framed for one of Frankenstein's proxy murders.

Instead, he'll reluctantly vote for Clinton.

Instead, she is reluctantly thinking about making her day even longer.

"Councils know how important buses are for their communities and local economies and are desperate to protect them," says the Local Government Association's spokesman for transport, Peter Box. "Instead, many are reluctantly taking difficult decisions to scale back services and review subsidised routes".

Instead it will be reluctantly "refocusing on 2026" – leaving the field open for the only other bidder, Durban.