Sentence examples for was reluctantly from inspiring English sources

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was reluctantly

adverb

In a reluctant or hesitant manner.

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This was reluctantly conceded.

And even that was reluctantly.

"Leslie's resignation was reluctantly accepted.

King was reluctantly spirited away to safety.

Permission was reluctantly granted and a page ripped out.

Merkel was reluctantly persuaded that the cause of Europe overrode her citizens' Euro-bile.

In Lynchburg, S.C., in 2010, a write-in candidate for mayor was reluctantly sworn in.

The corrections commissioner, Glenn Goord, said he was reluctantly ordering a statewide policy on swapping shifts.

"That was a huge change, even if it was reluctantly done".

If a second textbook was needed that wouldn't fit inside, it was reluctantly carried outside.

For a visit to a Welsh slate quarry a sound-film camera was reluctantly made available.

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