8 sentences with 'reluctantly'
Example sentences and phrases with the word reluctantly and other words derived from it.
• « In the case of the Romans, they (sometimes reluctantly) recognised Greece as a cultural model; Roman architecture used Greek forms, the Roman gods were really just the Greek gods given new names (Zeus became Jupiter, Hades became Pluto, etc.), and educated Romans spoke and read Greek so that they could read the works of the great Greek poets, playwrights and philosophers. »
• « Although he was famous in his own lifetime, eventually being knighted by King William and serving as president of Britain's first scientific society, Newton only published his work reluctantly, and that only after fearing that his "rivals" would steal it from him if he did not. »
• « The king reluctantly realised that only by taxing the nobility and, perhaps, the Church could he raise the necessary revenue. Louis XVI was thus confronted with the entrenched interests of the most powerful classes in his kingdom. »
• « Louis XVI reluctantly agreed to revive France's old representative assembly, the Estates General, in the hope of persuading that body to provide more revenue. For the first time in the history of French absolutism, a king had to formally negotiate with his subjects to avoid bankruptcy. »
• « The king accepted the appointment of a liberal nobleman, Lafayette, as commander of a new "National Guard" and reluctantly agreed to work with the National Assembly. »
• « While stubbornly clinging to its titles and claims to authority, the nobility reluctantly entered the economic fields of the bourgeoisie and adopted bourgeois social habits as well. »
• « However, from the late Enlightenment period onwards, some Jews were reluctantly "emancipated" legally and were allowed to move to Christian cities, own land and pursue professions that had been forbidden to them in the past. »
• « The boy reluctantly walked over to the woman, who was busy watching television. After about 15 minutes, Carla saw her friend sitting alone on a bench. »