loath

Example Sentences

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I’m loath to close up shop and sell off the pieces of my life’s work as scrap for pennies on the dollar, but at this point, I see no other option.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

Solorzano is loath to talk about her time away, saying she does not like to call it hiding but rather "shelter."

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Yet even in old age, long after Mao’s death in 1976, they remained loath to reject him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

“Despite the state’s national reputation as ‘Scandinavia by the Sea,’ there remains a strong anti-tax impulse among voters who often reject tax increases and are loath to kill the state’s golden goose of tech entrepreneurship.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Ever since they’d left Georgia, Mrs. Harrison had been wound up tight as a top, and Ophie was loath to set her spinning.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland