How to Use unwilling in a Sentence

unwilling

adjective

• He was an unwilling participant in the demonstration.
• By contrast, the White House has been unwilling to rock the U.N. boat.
  — The Editors, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023
• Or, this could be Bloom and the Sox unwilling to go to great lengths to keep their shortstop.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
• The rest of the time, the authors have lost access to their data, changed emails, or are too busy or unwilling.
  — Saloni Dattani, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2022
• The part of her that is still unwilling to do wrong by football or her viewers.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• Unable to bring Flo and Joan with her and unwilling to leave the kittens behind, Sgt.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
• As the hunters move around the brush to get a good angle on the snake, Kimmel points out that the female is guarding a clutch of eggs and unwilling to leave its nest.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
• But even cities that have banned such vapes for years are unwilling — or unable — to police the sellers.
  — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 27 Jan. 2023
• Most people will be unwilling to pay 85% more to get 25% more value.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• The story ends with a stubborn tourist unwilling to admit he was duped.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2022
• But Miami has been unwilling to commit to that, at least to this point.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
• Turner is a free agent, and in line to receive the same kind of massive payday the Dodgers were unwilling to give to Seager a year ago.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• People are afraid to critique their own side — and unwilling to be friends with anyone on the other side.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• Miko, though, is unwilling to tell her father this news, and the pair conduct their affair in secret.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 July 2024
• Still, when Unsworth filed a defamation suit, Musk was unwilling to settle.
  — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• According to the report, Terry read and initialed the waiver of rights form but was unwilling to submit to the test.
  — River Valley Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 16 Sep. 2024
• Your ex is unwilling to accept that Mack hasn’t been honest, and sometimes people must learn the hard way.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 14 Dec. 2022
• The board was unwilling to provide timing for a change or an assurance that Mr. Stevenson would get the job, the people said.
  — Josh Mitchell, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
• This makeup case is for those unwilling to pare down their routine.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• The Hoosiers weren’t just unwilling to throw the ball, they were absolutely mortified to do so.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
• But China thus far, has seemed unwilling to accept a ‘haircut’ on Sri Lankan debt.
  — Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022
• The latter role cost him work — both then and many years later — from producers unwilling to cast the man who’d dared to play Jesus.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
• In fact, Luna seems unwilling to let baby Wren leave her arms.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 July 2023
• If the host is unwilling to cooperate or comes up with an excuse—’It's a private listing,’ say—that's a red flag.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• To this night, Cassiopeia and Cepheus are unwilling prisoners of the night sky but very willing prisoners of love.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
• Arab states may be unwilling to join what many of their citizens see as an occupying force in the strip.
  — Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2023
• The biggest disconnect, though, is that the city remains unwilling to pick up the tab for initial expenses on a project that may not pan out.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
• Yet amid it all, Beijing appears unwilling to move from its hardline stance.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 13 Oct. 2022
• Although Hezbollah has been under relentless attack in recent days, Iran has proved incapable — and possibly unwilling — to protect its protégés in Lebanon.
  — Dan De Luce, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
• Owens Viani said legislation and other efforts were necessary because state pesticide regulators were unwilling to act on their own.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024