| The police reluctantly acquiesced to the proposals given no alternatives were offered. |
| When he realized his mouth was moving over the pulsing jugular of her slender throat, he pulled away reluctantly. |
| So with the number of options diminishing, and last orders long since called, we reluctantly about-faced and came out the same way. |
| He jiggles the key in the lock on the front door, trying to persuade the tumblers to shift, which they finally do, reluctantly. |
| After a lengthy plea from a social worker, the judge reluctantly agrees to allow the boy to leave. |
| Henri reluctantly agreed, wanting to return to his home ere it was evening, and urged his sister to hurry. |