Sentence example with the word 'loath'

loath

afraid, averse, balking, dilatory, grudging, indifferent, laggard, reluctant, restive, slow to, unenthusiastic, unzealous

Definition adj. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

Last update: August 18, 2015


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I am loath to keep this car any longer.   [adjective]

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My brothers left the farm when they came of age, but I stayed a year longer, loath to leave home.   [adjective]

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One of his rather uninspiring quotes was: How I did loath that journey around the world !   [adjective]

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But the young man, loath to be left behind, came doubtfully down to the stern of the boat, which was pushed off for the Rosalie.   [adjective]

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The man, nothing loath, put up his hands.   [adjective]

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Ben-Hur, nothing loath, hastened to answer.   [adjective]

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Sappho soon became the friend of her new mother and sister, and all three felt very loath to leave the lovely Pasargadm.   [adjective]

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With apologies for the interruptions, he proceeded to draw out the opinions of Balthasar, who was in nowise loath to speak.   [adjective]

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Bertran, gnashing his teeth, took up the service of the man he loathed; gnashing his teeth, he let Richard kiss him in the lists and shower favours upon him.   [adjective]

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Philip loathed him.   [adjective]

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When they drew near he motioned them away with an expressive action of the foot, loath to disturb the fixed lines of his countenance, his arms, or his rigid shoulders.   [adjective]

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