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Example sentences for "being unwilling"

  • The commodore took his advice, being unwilling to hazard his daylight, and very deliberately opposed the patched side of his face to the muzzle of his antagonist's piece, desiring him to do his duty without farther jaw.

  • But, being unwilling to trust my doors to the care of other people, I hired a house in Conduit-street; and no sooner appeared in the world again, than I was surrounded by divers and sundry sorts of admirers.

  • There are two smaller towns on this island, which we did not visit, being unwilling to lose time.

  • Being unwilling to lose time, he sailed fifteen leagues farther along that coast without going into any harbour, lest he should not have sufficient wind to bring him out again.

  • Now no man sins by being unwilling to forgo better things in order to adhere to things that are not so good.

  • Further, there would seem to be no repayment in being unwilling to owe anything, according to the Apostle (Rom.

  • First, as regards the intellect, and thus we have obstinacy, by which a man is too much attached to his own opinion, being unwilling to believe one that is better.

  • Being unwilling to disturb her, he returned to his bed, and, ere morning, the affair had passed from his memory.

  • Accordingly the young advocate made preparations for a trip to England, and, being unwilling to leave his mother alone for such a lengthened period, he decided to take her along with him.

  • But to my office, did very much business with several people till night, and so home, being unwilling to stay late because of my eye which is not yet well of the rheum that is fallen down into it, but to supper and to bed.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being again; being bound; being careful; being composed; being dead; being disturbed; being easily; being first; being full; being known; being left; being nearly; being obliged; being one; being possessed; being rather; being read; being regarded; being sensible; being surrounded; being treated; being unable; being unwilling; being very; being weary; sooner arrived