Sentence examples for reluctant response from inspiring English sources

"Well, yes," came a reluctant response.

"No," would come the reluctant response, "but it still matters.

Addams drew in her breath and nearly whispered her reluctant response, knowing full well it would thrust her into the complicated heart of this national drama.

When I asked how long the book had been missing, the somewhat reluctant response was, "Since 1923". I noted that 42 years seemed like a rather long time to still list a book as missing rather than permanently departed.

A video of Rice knocking out his girlfriend in public went viral on social media and embarrassed the NFL for its slow and reluctant response, forcing it to suspend the player; he still cannot find a team to take him on, despite embarking on "an apology tour".

"Of course volunteers have a role to play, and of course it is preferable to have a volunteer-run library than no library, but what I object to is the tendency to dress this trend up as 'vibrant 21st-century thinking', instead of being honest enough to admit that it is a reluctant response to cuts".

But in all his recent media appearances, one subject continues to produce only reluctant responses: Saudi Arabia and the country's connection to the disappearance and alleged dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

But Obama's rhetoric did not make up for a reluctant and sputtering response to fast-moving events.

As compared to unaffected or able-bodied persons, several factors may render subjects more reluctant to survey response.

One factor that has limited the Administration's options is that senior military officials have been reluctant to support responses that would divert money from existing conventional weapon programs to strategic nuclear programs.

Participants viewed the research as focused on CRC screening promotion and, at times, seemed reluctant to express responses indicating negative attitudes and rejections of CRC screening.