Among these witnesses is Shannon, who feels betrayed by Diane's reluctance to come forth to her defense.

However, Churchill had been unimpressed by Wavell's reluctance to act.

He stopped and turned and stood like an impatient man bemused by their reluctance to follow him.

He told Marlene that they should be moving on, was both surprised and angered by her reluctance.

By his reluctance, Otema realized that the historian had not often considered the fundamental question.

You could have offended our guests by your reluctance to play along.

The father-daughter conflict was made all the more tense by her father's reluctance to see Stead as anything but an extension of himself.

Then she gazed at her two daughters, who looked puzzled by her reluctance.

But they feel frustrated by the city's reluctance to commit its resources fully to a program that, experience shows, works and works well.

Newly independent Ukraine is angering the West by its reluctance to give up nuclear weapons.