Sentence examples for had been loath from inspiring English sources

For a president who had been loath to wade into that South Asian morass, his use of "we" at the news conference with Mr. Musharraf was striking.

Areva's chief executive, Anne Lauvergeon, also had been loath to part with the business, a cash cow that generated nearly 40percentt of Areva's profit last year.

Meanwhile, luxury hotels did something they had been loath to do in past recessions: they aggressively discounted room rates, often through package deals that, for example, offered three nights for the price of two.

So Justice Marrus grudgingly agreed to do what he had been loath to in his 24 years on the bench in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn: slow down the action.

In his ruling, he took lawmakers and the White House to task for characterizing the penalty facing people who refuse to buy insurance as a tax — a term the White House had been loath to use during the political debate.

During my visit, Powell had been loath to defend himself from any criticisms, mostly happy to confess that if the stories had broken no hearts it was probably their own fault — that he'd just failed.

Many Republicans have been loath to admit this.

For now Myers has been loath to overanalyze his play.

Both religious and secular liberals have been loath to recognize this crisis.

Courts have been loath to look at outside economic effects as generating a MAC.

Banks have been loath to accept the bigger losses that come with lowering principal.