SLOTH in a Sentence
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Example sentences for SLOTH, such as:
1. On waking I lay long in bed yielding to sloth.
2. His thoughts were lice born of the sweat of sloth.
3. Thenardier was cunning, greedy, slothful, and clever.
4. Abashed by this question, I replied that sloth was my chief temptation.
5. The report criticizes the government's sloth in tackling environmental problems.
2. His thoughts were lice born of the sweat of sloth.
3. Thenardier was cunning, greedy, slothful, and clever.
4. Abashed by this question, I replied that sloth was my chief temptation.
5. The report criticizes the government's sloth in tackling environmental problems.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SLOTH
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sloth
n. a disinclination to work or exert yourself
n. any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
Classic Sentence:
1 On waking I lay long in bed yielding to sloth.
2 Abashed by this question, I replied that sloth was my chief temptation.
3 There were other signs of removal about, with queer narrow footprints like those I could imagine made by a sloth.
4 His thoughts were lice born of the sweat of sloth.
5 Thenardier was cunning, greedy, slothful, and clever.
Example Sentence:
1 The sloth is at its busiest at sunset, using the word busy here in a most relaxed sense.
2 The report criticizes the government's sloth in tackling environmental problems.
3 Lying idly on the sofa while others worked, Reggie denied he was slothful: "I just supervise better lying down.".