1 Wells finally agreed, but with reluctance.

2 The police released Andrew with reluctance.

3 He left us with reluctance.

4 With reluctance Theodora turned to go.

5 He agreed, but with reluctance.

6 Rambam discusses his own controversial background with reluctance.

7 He left with reluctance; but his departure did not make conversation any easier.

8 With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory.

9 I talked to other close friends and, usually with reluctance, they gave me the same advice as my agent.

10 In proposing such unpalatable measures, albeit with reluctance, the Big Five were showing both realism and courage.

11 At first he seems to continue the discussion with reluctance, but soon with apparent good-will, and he even testifies his interest at a later stage by one or two occasional remarks.

12 Then, with reluctance: " I want to get the grass cut, " he said.

13 They parted with reluctance.

14 Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart.

15 "All right, I can manage a fiver," McMinn said with reluctance.

16 Jacqui was just the frayed end of an otherwise completed pattern and it was with reluctance that he dialled his own number.

17 The professor seldom doled out praise, and even when he did it was with reluctance.

1 The police released Andrew with reluctance.