loath , formal , auch: loth

High schools are loath to change a process they do not control.

He was loath to turn, to take his attention away from her.

I would be loath to pay him before his day.

They at first were loath to tell me where their market was.

At the same time, I was very loath to go.

I was almost loath to put an end to it.

People at that time were loath to take any action.

It is a question American officials are loath to answer.

He seemed loath to step into the light while I was there.

As to what she'll have to say to me when we meet, I am loath to think!

His government seems loath to do battle with them again.

Can't have them loath to walk into the night, she thought.

He didn't move, and I was loath to walk through him.

If he had wanted sleep himself, she would have been loath to let him go.

In fact, they seemed to loath making contact with any of us.

Perhaps that is why we are loath to lose these men.

But the Bush administration has been loath to make any such cuts.

Those who can't drive are loath to give up their cars.

He is loath to get off point or behind schedule.

As 1 approach, I find myself loath to see my photo subject.

For the same reason, he was loath to use a knife.

Military people were just loath to go anywhere without them.

He's become so real in my mind, I'm loath to let him go.

We are loath to read anything that might improve us in any way.

I was quick enough to understand what he would tell me and yet loath to hear it.