LOTH in a Sentence

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For LOTH, below is one of 6 sentences:
He lashed the horses on and they flew forward nothing loth into the open country, leaving the high citadel of Pylos behind them.

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 Meanings and Examples of LOTH
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loth
 a.  strongly opposed; hateful; evil
Classic Sentence:
1  Every day she seems to get fonder and fonder of her uncle, and more loth to part from all of us.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. A LOSS
2  Of Dora's being ready, and of Miss Lavinia's hovering about her, loth to lose the pretty toy that has given her so much pleasant occupation.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
3  He lashed the horses on and they flew forward nothing loth into the open country, leaving the high citadel of Pylos behind them.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK III
4  Venn was loth to depart, for all on earth that interested him lay under this roof.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
5  Or perhaps, having already reached conclusions in our own minds, we are loth to have them disturbed by facts.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
Example Sentence:
1  The club would be loth to see him move to a rival Premier League club under freedom of contract next summer.