Owen was shaking Henry awake, and Henry responded reluctantly.

Arafel reluctantly responds, knowing that she will wake the Sidhe's ancient enemies.

She responded reluctantly, and he tried not to think about the machine-gun fire that tore at him from every side.

His body responded reluctantly and imprecisely to his will-but it moved.

In the middle of a particularly destructive war, people still resisted change and only reluctantly responded to the demands made on them.

The vamp-folk were restive, responding reluctantly to my directives.

"If you say so, Comrade Captain," Terekhov responded reluctantly.

But his plane too was heavy, and it responded reluctantly.

Hoover reluctantly responded by opening a bureau field office in Jackson, Miss., and transferring 153 agents to the state.

At last, aching from the hours of immobility, her legs reluctantly responded, and she shakily got to her feet.