She looked so distressed that Clayton reluctantly relinquished his plan to present her to everyone as his betrothed.

At a dinner that year, Mr. Brown reluctantly relinquished his dream of becoming the party's next leader but left thinking he had an implicit promise that Mr. Blair would assure the succession by resigning at an appropriate time.

He held out his arms and she reluctantly relinquished her baby son.

"Read it out loud," Brianna said, reluctantly relinquishing the paper to Roger.

He reluctantly relinquished the coaching job in January 1997 and hired Bowness.

Mr. Weinstein reluctantly relinquished the seat to his daughter two years later.

They also might reluctantly relinquish Ramiro Mendoza, their first-year pitcher, and Ricky Ledee, a highly sought minor league outfielder.

When he reluctantly relinquished that job to run for mayor, he did so to pursue a progressive agenda - not just to balance the budget or expand the police force.

In 1843 Samuel Ward reluctantly relinquished this pastorate, having contracted a disease of the tonsils which impaired his abilities as a public speaker.

Then it all crumbled in the anemic 1992 campaign for George Bush's re-election, which Mr. Baker ran after reluctantly relinquishing the job he cherished at the State Department.