Example Sentences

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So what happens when a cat lover falls for a cat loather?

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023

There are anti-Valentine’s Day gifts, too; Daily Candy recommends spending $135 on a “single” ring for the left hand or a $110 fragrance set, alongside cheaper gifts for the Valentine’s Day loather.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2019

In Gortat’s absence, Nene, notorious loather of the Bulls, started at center after missing Saturday’s win over the Orlando Magic because of a strained right triceps.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2016

Mr. Hughes was a longtime loather of television.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015

For life thence I was not to him a whit loather, A berne in his burgs than his bairns were, or each one, Herebeald, or H�thcyn, or Hygelac mine.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous