Reluctantly

Examples

• Of course, Mr. Jackson reluctantly conceded, it's to be hoped they can tide him over--this time anyhow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Archer withdrew reluctantly with the unwelcome documents. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The corporal of the guard closed the door reluctantly behind them. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Not knowing what to do,--for, in my astonishment I had lost my self-possession,--I reluctantly gave him my hands. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• McClernand approved this move reluctantly, as Sherman says. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Reluctantly, I confessed myself quite unable to answer the question. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• To his surprise her colour rose, reluctantly and duskily. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• We doubted the statement, but did it reluctantly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• So he came down reluctantly, snow-burned, snow-estranged, to the house in the hollow, between the knuckles of the mountain tops. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• To the former they were compelled, though reluctantly, to have recourse. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Yes, sir,' said the girl reluctantly. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But you have come later and more reluctantly, and therefore I presume your interview has proved more agreeable than mine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She followed Mr. Helstone reluctantly through that porch into the sombre old vestibule beyond. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Cyrus now took up the work that his father reluctantly abandoned. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I was coming to you this morning, observes the trooper reluctantly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He did wrong, but we forgave him, and all promised not to say a word to anyone, began Jo reluctantly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But when her aunt reluctantly proposed a few days' delay to Margaret, the latter writhed her body as if in acute suffering, and said: 'Oh! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He moved reluctantly and contemptuously. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Then, reluctantly, he answered: 'Well--what else is in front of them, but disappearance? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She beckoned, and Jo reluctantly followed her into a side room, where she found her on a sofa, holding her foot, and looking pale. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was delivered to her, answered Isaac, reluctantly, by Miriam, a sage matron of our tribe. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• While I gave them my opinion, it was reluctantly; I did not want to do so. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Citizen Doctor, said the first, reluctantly, he has been denounced to the Section of Saint Antoine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The early pal?olithic strain is still strong in us; we are being made over, slowly and reluctantly, into social and fraternal creatures. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mrs. March had consented to the visit rather reluctantly, fearing that Margaret would come back more discontented than she went. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My wishes were now reluctantly complied with, and I assigned him to the command of one of the corps under General Butler. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I don't think I will ask you to come, said Thomasin reluctantly, but with decision. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

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