Examples of 'loath' in a sentence
Meaning of "loath"
Reluctant or unwilling to do something, often due to dislike or aversion (e.g. She was loath to attend another meeting without a clear agenda)
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- Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling.
- Angry, hostile.
- Loathsome, unpleasant.
- Obsolete spelling of loathe
How to use "loath" in a sentence
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Loath to involve anybody else at this juncture.
The two gangs loath one another.
But loath to part they linger there.
All the guys enlisted by force loath it.
Politicians are loath to commit themselves on the subject.
These eliminated it was curious to see how loath.
I am loath to leave a footprint on your romantic naivety.
Some people are loath to admit this truth.
Loath to abandon their crops and their animals.
But she was loath to leave her forest.
Loath to be sick with a full house.
Company officials are loath to discuss their plans publicly.
No wonder other cricketing countries are loath to come here.
You loath the people of the cavern.
Or do you know but are loath to claim it as your own.
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I am loath to harass a man like that unless we are sure.
Oh how you loath this place.
A weakness that makes me loath you.
I would be loath to pay him before his day.
That is still a path we are loath to go down.
Pilate was loath to order the execution of your subject.
If someone is really loath to work here.
He was loath to call for immediate action.
Charles would be loath to foil him.
I was loath to speak before the boy.
But people are pretty loath to do that.
They are loath to break laws or promises.
Publicity which it would be loath to lose.
I would be loath to cast away my speech.
It is a capability the scientists are loath to give up.
I was loath to turn my back so soon.
They fear and loath it.
He was loath to leave his brother alone.
Trump is famously loath to apologize.
They are loath to waste time with silly games.
The mainstream are loath to mention it.
Loath to pass up such a resource.
I was once again loath to leave the book.
I loath people like you.
I would be loath to lose you.
I am loath to upset the complex procedures involved in selecting a jury.
A fellow scientist would be loath to put our mission at risk.
Some are loath to grant ex post facto legitimization of military action.
I did urge him to tell you but he was loath to add to your anxieties.
Staff are loath to challenge the powerful.
It was a beautiful idol which the mother was very loath to part with.
They are loath to decide for you.
Those are humbling acts that a righteous man would be loath to frown upon.
I shall but loath thee better after death.
People have to live somewhere and owners are loath to accept a capital loss.
