23 examples of loathe to in sentences

And I should regret to believe," added Mr. BUMSTEAD, raising his voice as saw that the judiciary was about to interrupt"And I should really be loathe to believe that Judge SWEENEY was not perfectly sober when he did so.

They who loathe to be dependent Now for alms are forced to ask Hard is mill-work, but, believe me, Begging is the bitterest task.

It was the old song of the government official she loathed to hear.

Could I have committed this frightful treason to love and remained other than an object of scorn and loathing to honest men?

"The one reason," he said impressively, "why I hate your Trusts, why I loathe to see all the power of this country gathered together in the hands of a few men such as you have mentioned, is that, in the event of such a happening as you have put forth, the country would have to face a crisis that would mean ruin to hundreds of thousands of her innocent people."

She scorn'd thee once, but now she will detest And loathe to look upon thy dark'ned face; Ah me, most miserable Polyphemus!

Adj. disliking &c v.; averse from, loathe, loathe to, loth, adverse; shy of, sick of, out of conceit with; disinclined; heartsick, dogsick^; queasy. disliked &c v.; uncared for, unpopular; out of favor; repulsive, repugnant, repellant; abhorrent, insufferable, fulsome, nauseous; loathsome, loathful^; offensive; disgusting &c v.; disagreeable c. (painful) 830.

He rather strives to purchase good name than land; and of all rich stuffs forbidden by the statute, loathes to have his followers wear their clothes cut out of bribes and extortions.

I warrant thou wilt say Thou never yet saw'st any man so loathe To be perswaded ill of so ill signes.

O the wearye thoughts That keepe a daylie senate in my braynes, Repeat unto me what I loathe to heare, A frends disloyaltye.

No reply: Your least insured presence att this tyme Will but begett what you would loathe to beare, Quarrell and harshe unkindnes.

Howsoever, As one repentant for my rashnes past, And loathe to Imbrewe mee in more Innocent blood, I fyrst confesse my servant's guilt and myne, Acquitt the Fryar, and yeeld our persons upp To the full satisfaction of the lawe.

" "And you may have observed," blithely observed Zelda, "that keeping my hand on the stem of my glass is an order I am not loathe to obeybe it any old architecture.

I bid a hasty and agitated farewell, and turn with loathing to the forced companionship of a public vehicle.

My parents too grieved at her death; she had been in the family so long that they were loathe to miss the old familiar face from its post in the nursery.

It is very late, but I do not want to sleep, for I am loathe to part with the memories of the day.

64; Persian Letters, i-74, n. 2; 'respectable Hottentot,' i. 267, n. 2; Smollett, attacked by, iii. 33, n. 1; Thomson's 'loathing to write,' iii. 360; mentioned, ii. 64, n. 2, 124, n. 1. LYTTELTON, Thomas, second Lord, character, his, iv.

An idea once firm-rooted in his mind, was loathe to let itself be torn thence by mere words.

The first step in associated life taken by women was a simple protest against the use and abuse of power on the part of men, wrought up by fear or loathing to the point of desperation.

On these occasions they naturally turn with loathing to their food.

I loathed to look upon the murderer; but I would have died a thousand deaths rather than attempt to save my own life by the sacrifice of a father'show guilty soever he might be." Furnished with this explanation, and the affidavit of Edwards, I waited upon the judge, and obtained not only a respite for the prisoner, but a warrant for the arrest of Captain Everett.

Now, before the white folks, he drew his coat aside, loathing to touch her.

He loathed to touch her.

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