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Recent Examples of reluctantly
After she was arrested for burglary, Stabler reluctantly visited his estranged mother Bernadette to gain some insight.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Sammartino eventually — and reluctantly — followed those recommendations.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
Ditto a downtrodden everyman who’s left his white-collar job in Quebec to reluctantly return to Winnipeg.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
One clear way to make the money mechanics work is by selling a player, and United would reluctantly consider bids for academy graduates, including Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Sammartino eventually — and reluctantly — followed those recommendations.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
Ditto a downtrodden everyman who’s left his white-collar job in Quebec to reluctantly return to Winnipeg.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
One clear way to make the money mechanics work is by selling a player, and United would reluctantly consider bids for academy graduates, including Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reluctantly
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“Reluctantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reluctantly. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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