One must, however, reluctantly confess that neither of them is fully up to standard.

'Well I must most reluctantly confess, my dear, you've hit the nail on the 'ead.

He reluctantly confessed to her, and then agreed to confess to a priest affiliated with Opus Dei, the conservative Catholic organization they had joined.

"Nobody," the boy confessed reluctantly.

"I don't," Goodness confessed reluctantly, "but I'd wager a good deal that was the case."

That level of excitement, I must reluctantly confess, has lowered in this latest version.

"A little," she confessed reluctantly.

"No, perhaps not," she confessed reluctantly.

One by one, women reluctantly confessed that they could not live up to this model.

However Leonarda reluctantly confesses Hermilo her new feelings.