Steve circled, stricken by a sudden reluctance to kill.

The real issue, he said, is a credit squeeze - a sudden reluctance of lenders to lend - whether markets are rising or falling.

He might have been safe in their vicinity, but he was seized by a sudden reluctance to stop.

They all sensed the child's sudden reluctance as the pressures of his mother's womb caught him in an inexorable rhythum.

He was surprised by his sudden reluctance to move, to leave the kitchen.

He nodded in spite of a sudden reluctance to see what the Clave had done to the sacred enclosure.

In consequence, she felt a sudden, irrational reluctance to meet King Joyse.

A credit crunch is the name economists give to a sudden reluctance among banks to lend money.

He felt a sudden reluctance to be alone with this woman.

Occasional visitors can develop a sudden reluctance to go to bed early.