He reluctantly lifted his head and murmured "I do don't I?"

Her eyelids lifted reluctantly and she stared, for a while, at the sagging canopy overhead.

Cameron reluctantly lifted his hand from the creased paper and picked it up.

"Proceed," she said at length, reluctantly lifting her gaze from the device to the screen.

Val reluctantly lifted the sword and held it so that the tip hovered a few inches from her husband's throat.

I reluctantly lifted my glass and took a sip.

He wiped his eyes and reluctantly lifted his head from the pillow to listen.

The lead bomber lifted reluctantly and the next in line took its place, settling lower with closer attention to the ground.

The darkness of night was reluctantly lifting by the time Croaker cradled the receiver.

It lifted reluctantly, with a wet sucking sound.