LOATH in a Sentence

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For LOATH, below is one of 73 sentences:
And now, my dear, I must write you of something that has come to our ears--something Eulalie and I were loath to believe at first.

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 Meanings and Examples of LOATH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
loath
 a.  unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
Classic Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
1  But they were loath to face their mother and they lingered on the porch of Tara, momentarily expecting Scarlett to give them an invitation to supper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  Everyone had his own idea on that subject and was loath to relinquish it, just as everyone had ideas about the color and cut of the uniforms.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  Scarlett was loath to put down the wallet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  From the moment his daughter was born, Rhett's conduct was puzzling to all observers and he upset many settled notions about himself, notions which both the town and Scarlett were loath to surrender.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
5  And now, my dear, I must write you of something that has come to our ears--something Eulalie and I were loath to believe at first.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
6  They moved us into town, put down the carpets in our new house, made shelves and cupboards for grandmother's kitchen, and seemed loath to leave us.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: I
7  Yulka came bringing a dishpanful of wrung clothes, but she darted back into the house like she was loath to see us.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
8  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.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIII
9  Mother and sisters gathered close, as if loath to give Meg up.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
10  He was loath to leave his brother alone all day long, and he was afraid his brother would laugh at him about it.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 4
11  I was not loath to follow their example, for I felt thirsty and hungry.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
12  I am loath to think it, and indeed it would be almost as great a marvel as the other to find that Van Helsing was mad; but anyhow I shall watch him carefully.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
13  He shook the sound out of his ears by an angry toss of his head and hurried on, stumbling through the mouldering offal, his heart already bitten by an ache of loathing and bitterness.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
14  The feelings excited by improper art are kinetic, desire or loathing.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
15  Desire urges us to possess, to go to something; loathing urges us to abandon, to go from something.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  He was loath to admit his mistake.
2  Children are very conservative where food is concerned, they are very loath to try anything out of the ordinary.
3  The little girl was loath to leave her mother.
4  The Japanese government was loath to recognize the problem, preferring to wait in hopes that its banking system would heal itself.
5  People who took football too seriously aroused deep loathing in me.
6  The thought of him touching her filled her with deep loathing.
7  She found the snake repugnant and looked on it with loathing and fear.
8  She loathed the sight of greasy food.
9  It was loathed by the Republican conservatives and the private-power interests.
10  To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.
11  Matilda, a brilliant mathematician and prodigious reader, is loathed by her benighted parents.
12  Our priorities are ignored, and what we loathe is being pursued instead.