Which preposition to use with reluctance

of Occurrences 47%

Nor can we complain of the gods; for swarms of bees settling upon the standards, the reluctance of the eagles to move forward, and a great earthquake that happened at the commencement of the battleunless, indeed, it was the tramping of horse and foot, and the violent concussion of arms, that produced this trembling of the groundhad forewarned the rash leader of approaching defeat.

to Occurrences 25%

Dear Miss H.,Mary has such an invincible reluctance to any epistolary exertion that I am sparing her a mortification by taking the pen from her.

with Occurrences 19%

Indeed I should hardly say to my prejudice; I meanI ought to sayin short, have you heard people remark upon any fancied eccentricities, or that sort of thing, about me?" He put the question with obvious difficulty, and at last seemed to overcome his own reluctance with a sort of angry and excited self-contempt and impatience.

in Occurrences 18%

The fact that he had shown no reluctance in disclosing in his evidence that he was a criminal and the associate of criminals seemed to add to the credibility of his evidence.

on Occurrences 13%

But as we are wishful to buy, so I cannot understand any reluctance on your part to sell your secret on your own terms.

from Occurrences 7%

One gets sometimes a little faint whenit was the old, old story of privation and want that now fell with seeming reluctance from her lips.

about Occurrences 5%

We hurried on then, but as we met many peasants, all coming the other way afoot and all with excited stories of a supposed battle ahead, and as we ourselves now began to catch the faint reverberations of cannon fire, our drivers manifested a strange reluctance about proceeding farther.

at Occurrences 4%

I went, with some reluctance at leaving my closet, my dark walk, and even my aunt, who had been such a source of both love and terror to me.

than Occurrences 3%

The Duke sought out the society of Emily wherever he could obtain it; and Mrs. Wilson thought her niece admitted his approaches with less reluctance than that of any other of the gentlemen around her.

for Occurrences 2%

I have my home with my friends here (Mrs. Hoare's), and exchange it with reluctance for the Hummums occasionally.

as Occurrences 2%

Before we sailed I managed to achieve an interview with Narcissa; and sure, lovers never parted with such sorrow and reluctance as we.

into Occurrences 1%

The ears of a fine rabbit should extend not less than seven inches, measured from tip to tip in a line across the skull; but even should they exceed this length, they are admitted with reluctance into a fancy stock, unless they have a uniform and graceful droop.

under Occurrences 1%

"Oh, well," Mrs. Heeny had said, discerning the reluctance under his civil greeting, "I guess you're as strange here as I am, and we're both pretty strange to each other.

Which preposition to use with  reluctance