Sentence examples for nothing loath from inspiring English sources

The Spray neared Cape Pillar rapidly and, nothing loath, plunged into the Pacific Ocean at once, taking her first bath of it in the gathering storm," wrote Captain Joshua Slocum, in his 1900 classic, Sailing Alone Around The World.

She then produced a memory of her first day at school, on which – already blessed with the gift of literacy  – she was left unsupervised in the corner of the classroom and, nothing loath, began to work her way through every single one of the books its shelves contained.

Once the sale was complete, "the lady, with her new lord and master, mounted a handsome curricle which was in waiting for them, and drove off, seemingly nothing loath to go".

Dr [Reginald] Koettlitz, nothing loath to perform the first operation in Antarctica, gladly prepared for the event.

His favorite subject, as he often remarked, was himself ("I would rather be an expert on me than on Cicero"), and he meant to leave nothing out ("I am loath even to have thoughts which I cannot publish").

Establishment Democrats are acutely aware that a loss in November will leave the party without the White House, the Senate, or the House -- to say nothing of the Supreme Court -- and are loath to cast their lot with Sanders.

I am loath to do this because I have nothing to hide as I have always been transparent in my work and life.

She knew that there was legally nothing they could do to stop her, but she was loath to leave without their permission.

In the years since, the U.S. has embarked on nothing short of a building boom -- even if the command is loath to refer to it in those terms.

They fear and loath the federal government, which, in their view, can do nothing right, while they simultaneously favor, even wax nostalgic over, state and local governments, which, purely because of their smaller scale and proximity to individual citizens, can do no wrong.

Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the minority whip, has said Medicare is "on the table" for any agreement with Republicans in the debt limit negotiations, a seeming nod to the notion that many Democrats, especially those in moderate districts, are loath to go back to their districts and brag about doing nothing to rein in the costly entitlement program.