Sentence examples for being loath from inspiring English sources

More than just merely being loath to challenge these interests, many members of Congress, including some from the president's own party, have championed them.

Well, we are still in the mid-nineteen-thirties, Branagh being loath to scrape off the period charms that encrust the story.

During his two years as C.I.A. director, Mr. Brennan has become known for working long days but also for being loath to delegate decisions to lower levels of C.I.A. bureaucracy.

They are loath to miss the holidays.

I was loath to mess it up.

Yet people are loath to challenge experts.

She was loath to leave the house.

The adjective meaning "reluctant" is "loath".

And companies are loath to fight back.

Lincoln rewrote: "I am loath to close.

Drivers were loath to touch their horns.