How To Use Oath In A Sentence

This initially meant they were loath to adopt a reportage style, preferring empty streets and unobscured buildings, with people represented only to provide an area of scale or as pure portraiture.
They're often highly prized works that people are loath to part with. Times, Sunday Times
They having observed where the Chest stood, and wanting a necessary mooveable to houshold, yet loath to lay out money for buying it: complotted together this very night, to steale it thence, and carry it home to their house, as accordingly they did; finding it somewhat heavy, and therefore imagining, that matter of woorth was contained therein. The Decameron
She was unhappy there, but loath to leave the security of a job and new friends. Times, Sunday Times
Sadly now the road is grid-locked most days, the factory is on the verge of closing, the picturesque view of what used to be a boathouse now appears to be a rubbish tip and no-one cares.

The rough-hewn boards of the boathouse were grey and weathered. THE MYSTERY OF THE PURPLE PIRATE
They put this view into practice quite straightforwardly, avoided ostentatious clothing and wealth, refused to swear oaths in court, to bear arms or to defend themselves.
Barrow had taken an oath to study divinity when he was admitted as a fellow, and, after briefly studying medicine, he began studying divinity again.
That is likely to give succour to all those who loathe liberal values and democracy. Times, Sunday Times
I learned to type before I learned to write cursively and I loathe paper ... Boing Boing: December 22, 2002 - December 28, 2002 Archives
As far as possible, the essential meaning or substance of each oath, and the formality and solemnity of the oaths, are retained.
He poured a tankard of beer, and placed it between the acrobat's feet, eliciting an oath as he deliberately spilt some over his crotch.
He can turn the state of lonely self-loathing into a veritable inferno of seething threats, fans, mockers, competitors.
She winced and screamed a very foul and unladylike oath.
Oaths were taken on the terms aforesaid, and the citizens dismissed their adversaries. Hellenica
As all watched, Maelgwn crossed the sand, knelt before Llewelyn, and swore an oath of homage and fealty to the Prince of Gwynedd. HERE BE DRAGONS
She said it was regrettable that a policeman, who had taken an oath, had come before the court and deliberately misled the court.
She won't be hyped, marketed, trendified, commodified, put in a box - and even though she probably loathes sound-bites as well, she has a way with words when describing her fierce individualism.
To him however that feels the same disgust and loathing, the same unutterable shuddering, as I feel, start up within him and shoot through his whole frame at the sight of them, these miscreate deformities, such as toads, beetles, or that most nauseous of all Nature's abortions, the bat, are not indifferent or insignificant: their very existence is a state of direct enmity and warfare against his. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck
In private, feel free to vent your spleen, cry, denounce the other party as a loathsome cad.
Truly, they are now loathed and despised in newspapers across the world.
It is then as mysterious an art as it is loathly and horrible; it needs as The Defense
It was only when confronted with the loathing so many on the left feel for him that I discovered how much there was to admire in the doughty old demagogue.
But oath-taking, though important, was expressly presented in the body of the work as adding nothing to the force of contracts, so this argument must be treated with some reserve.
The ill-natured Marx, the venomous Lenin, the murderous Stalin all had a deep-seated loathing of all those who disagreed with them.
In this interpretation, Benjamin has been tainted by his relationship with Mrs Robinson and her alcoholic self-loathing.
And I should loathe for us to founder on so capricious and arbitrary a matter as a technical glitch. Times, Sunday Times
The oath of one of the initiated must counterbalance the most solemn asseveration of every one that is not acquainted with our holy secrets. Anne of Geierstein
They add that, although it is loathly and horrible to look upon, being in the form of a skeleton, I yet give it especial honour and call it in the Greek tongue, basileus, my king. The Defense
Tom was forcing me to shift focus away from the one person that I loved most and I loathed him for it.
People who took football too seriously aroused deep loathing in me.
They must know the national anthem and pledge the oath of allegiance. Times, Sunday Times
You need to take certain oaths, read prescribed texts, pass tests, and undergo initiatory rites.
I remember with still-swelling pride what special people we were, and the bond—unverbalized, but not untested—that held us together; what a mighty oath we swore to one another, but never said a word. Life Lit by Some Large Vision
The associate justices wrote that they are ‘bound by solemn oath to follow the law, whether they agree or disagree with it’.
It wasn't so much the oath that roused the furor as the document which accompanied it, entitled Protocols and Requirements Between Spiritual Father & His Spiritual Sons, which takes, Garth George of The New Zealand Herald noted, "1300 words to describe in jaw-dropping detail how the 'spiritual sons' shall behave towards their 'spiritual father.' Cult scene: New Zealand and Africa - Boing Boing
Such duties would be set out in a statute and reinforced by a revised oath of office. Times, Sunday Times
Always enjoyable, Timothy Spall is fantastically weasel-like as the unmasked Peter Pettigrew, every bit as loathsome as can be expected.
the statement given under oath was untruthful
Since a criminal investigation is involved here she must be most careful to ensure that she is truthful at all times about what has happened and that she does not become embroiled in cobbling up an untrue explanation of events which might later become the subject of evidence under Oath in the Crown Court. Archive 2008-11-30
Moreover, when she eventually stops seeking these abusive men she substitutes their external abuses for a violent form of self-loathing that eventually becomes self-mutilation.
Disputes run high, there are loud voices, mighty oaths, sometimes blows, fights, and terrific hurly-burlies. The Little Manx Nation - 1891
In May 1596 he was appointed rector to East Hoathly and the same year sermonized there on the Book of Ruth.
Raced, stumbling, skidding, along the path to the boathouse. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
When it came to the defence case the appellant was simply called and asked to confirm on oath that the statement under caution she had made to the police was true.
Near the boathouse was a larger display, several easels with work clearly by the same artist, the featured artist, Derek Huff, who stood bathing in the glory offered him by the people of that rural and rudimentary county. Vermilion Drift
He testified under oath that he had not been at the scene of the crime.
The six have been charged with sedition and taking an illegal oath to commit a capital offence, and, if found guilty, could face life imprisonment.
I'd like to propose my own candidate for the most loathsome display of demagoguery in the past 25 years.
The existing oath of allegiance for people seeking British nationality is to be changed to a citizenship pledge.
Under oath Peter could not deny that this was how she was employed by the mill.
I loathe AND detest the game - and that's all it is, kids, just a silly game.
Then the facts are burst upon them, and they shrink from their husbands in loathing and horror.
I loaded up my rusting fishing tackle in the back of his wife's Lexus SUV (his BMW was in the shop for a $1,000 oil change), and off we went to his boathouse, from where we set off in his 40-foot twin-screw cruiser.
He's a completely loathsome and utterly shallow creep and I look forward to a swift garotting moment in the very near future. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
A place that must have been the first step out of the working classes into the fear and loathing of the lower middle. Times, Sunday Times
On Monday, senators took their oaths as jurors before the Supreme Court's chief justice for Brown's impeachment trial.
Where there is fear are loathing, there are investment opportunities. Times, Sunday Times
Jonathan won his own four-year mandate in elections last month, and took the oath of office Sunday from Nigerian Chief Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
They loathe tinsel, detest office parties and abhor rum balls of all kinds.
Those troops would be loath to accept surrenders from troops who engage in such acts.
Although this was the first time I had been late in my seventeen years of life, she was one of those rigid teachers who loathed latecomers and expected everyone to have her neat perfect penmanship.
If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore?
Bartle Meegan's throath, that you and Biddy Martin wor the two portliest weemen that comes into the chapel. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
What a loathsome creature he is!
He represents the Fiend passing up through the market, and chuckling as he listens to the strange oaths of cobbler, maltman, tailor, courtier, and minstrel. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country
It was useful to recall that he enjoyed a kind of imperial status among his people, who were bound to him with solemn rites and blood-sealed oaths.
After Hild had set off, plainly loath to leave Tera—though she seemed oblivious to his attraction—the remaining five had eaten as much unripened fruit as they could tolerate, then taken places around the fire to pass out. Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve
The general loathing of red-top writers has grown steadily over the years and came to a natural, pus-filled head, with the News Of The World phone-hacking scandal and subsequent closure. Joe Mott: Tabloid Tossers - be Nice to us Hacks
I recently made one of those pulley-operated clothes airers out of dowelling and wooden coathangers whose hooks had fallen off.
Sir knight, said the two brethren, we are forfoughten and much blood have we lost through our wilfulness, and therefore we would be loath to have ado with you. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
I fell into a fugue state, thinking about him, then what Grady said that night in the boathouse. LEGAL TENDER
In fact, he loathed the lavenders so much, he said he'd cross the street if he saw a homo approaching
This transition was loathed and resisted long before it was grudgingly accepted and finally embraced by Hollywood interests. Times, Sunday Times
As part of the pacification of the Highlands after the collapse of the Jacobite rising of 1689-90 a royal order required all clan chieftains to take an oath of allegiance to William and Mary.
The confidence of the Milanese redoubled when they learned that he had promised the members of the assembled clergy to maintain the catholic worship and clergy as already established, and had compelled them to take the oath of fidelity to the cisalpine republic. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
The cardinals on Tuesday filed into the chapel, chanting a Latin hymn to ask for divine guidance and swearing a solemn oath never to reveal the secrets of their deliberations on pain of excommunication.
You said that love me for a million years. Oath to become a lie.
The same smirking, self-delighted narcissist will remain beamingly oblivious to how much we, Democrats everywhere, and informed men and women of good will around the globe loathe him and the ground he walks on. Election Central Morning Roundup
Only a judge is allowed to administer the oath.
He remembers the oath of allegiance he has sworn. 1066: and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry
I've no element of self-loathing but I do realise that part of my success is just me showing off, and wanting to queen it over other people, to be frank with you.
In the past few days they have become figures of public loathing. Times, Sunday Times
No matter how hard you work to avoid it and much you loathe the idea of forking out hard earned money to pay for it, there are unavoidable times you must invest in something new. Earn More Invest Wisely at The Sun's Financial Diary
A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
The crowds were one-deep, looking out across the river towards the boathouses in case anything was actually happening.
New citizens make an oath of allegiance or affirmation and a pledge to respect the rights, freedoms and laws of the UK. Times, Sunday Times
Just because we are loath to see such ruthless selection in everyday life does not mean we should fear it when it comes to choosing those who are to govern us.
Out of the all the superhero movies to date, this period of self-doubt and loathing, is probably the most adult issue. Iron Man 2 Movie Review ***SPOILERS*** « Monster Scifi Show Blog
Don't we have the right, even duty, to be outraged if they betray our trust and their own sworn oaths?
Once the delight and help of her husband, she is now the loathing of his soul and tempts him to absence and impurity.
Bare-bodied tribal member Bagun Sumbrai of the Congress, dressed in a green dhoti and sporting a green patka, also took the oath in Santhali.
All three elements of perjury [1). belief in falsity, 2). under oath, affirmation or penalty of perjury, and 3). materiality] are matters for a jury to determine. The Volokh Conspiracy » Not the Best Way to Inspire Confidence
The boathouse stood solidly on the carn thirty feet above the water, built of the same granite as the carn itself. LET NOT THE DEEP
I have the healthiest loathing for people who consider themselves important enough to regard other forms of life as theirs to play with.
Although he would not accept or recognize it, he shows many of the signs of self-loathing. The Times Literary Supplement
After almost 40 years in milk production, John and Sally Hart are dispersing their Hilhoath herd of pedigree Jersey and Guernsey milkers.
I loathe AND detest the game - and that's all it is, kids, just a silly game.
After a period of such mutual abstention it became a virtue, like an oath of chastity. FAIRYLAND
He was loath to admit his mistake.
As the heavy door fell into place he felt thud after thud after sickening thud as the loathsome creatures outside crashed into the building.
The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. THE WHALE TOOTH
After the oath of office had been administered (on the spot where now stands the statue of Washington in front of the subtreasury building), Washington and the other officials withdrew to the Senate-chamber in Federal Hall, where he delivered this address. II. His First Inaugural Address
Sadly, people appear to be listening to those intent on instilling fear and loathing - and sales of weapons have soared. The Sun
When I discard clothing nowadays it's because it is worn out, yet I am loathe to throw anything away.
That is likely to give succour to all those who loathe liberal values and democracy. Times, Sunday Times
Behe’s claim of the experimental refutability of ID, made under oath, is specious. An Experimental Test of ID? Really? - The Panda's Thumb
Here on January 7, 1861, Alabama voted to secede from the Union, and on February 18, on the steps of the portico, Jefferson Davis took his oath of office as President of the Confederate States. L'ombra mostrarsi
administer an oath
Set within the confines of a crumbling mansion, a child bride finds an unusual way to escape from her loathsome mill owner husband.
A thick paste smeared in the oven and left overnight makes that loathsome task easier without the need for chemical cleaners. Times, Sunday Times
The first dish that literally made my mouth water was a warm timbale of Arbroath smokies.
Government employees swear an oath not to reveal official secrets.
Dismounting before it, each knight avouched the justice of his cause by a solemn oath on the Evangelists, and prayed that his success might be according to the truth or falsehood of what he then swore. The Talisman
In Shakespeare's play, the king of Navarre and his followers take an oath to spend three years fasting, studying and abstaining from sex.
So unless you're minded to cut 'em into collops and be done with it, you'd best make allowances for their prejudices when you're after asking them to swear that first oath.
If there's anything more off-putting than the British elite's squabbling, it's its self-loathing.
FELLOW-CITIZENS of the United States: In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly, and to take in your presence the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States to be taken by the President before he enters on the execution of his office. Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
He has a thousand ways to express contempt, loathing and disgust. Times, Sunday Times
Time will abandon those funny oath, until we also agree.
It is said that Hippocrates (he of the Hippocratic Oath) brewed leaves from the willow tree to ease the pain of childbirth.
The cove made a fine bathing place, and the boathouse was his dressing room, though the fragrance of the ancient fish nets stored within it was not that of attar of roses. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights
But such official positions would require taking an oath on the republican constitution.
It wasn't too long ago that it was more of a case of loathe him or hate him and I certainly was no different.
Within a few months of his swearing the oath that he was to break in so many ways, the President receded from both these pledges.
The boathouse is plumbed for running water and also has electric heating.
How Shakespeare loathed humanity — the putting on of clothes, the getting of children, the sordidity of the mouth and the belly! Mrs. Dalloway
Time will abandon those funny oath, until we also agree.
You said that love me for a million years. Oath to become a lie.
Each individual undergoing treatment takes a solemn oath to change their behavior.
Butter "(for my lady, like her Majesty the Queen, was somewhat given to swearing, though more modest oaths, as should become a subject) --" I 'fecks, Butter, "saith she," 'tis a most lustick plot. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales
Their wealth consists in land and cattle; their dwellings are generally of reeds, their beds are mats made of _Asouman_ (maranta juncea) and leopards 'skins; and their cloathing broad pieces of cotton. Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English
Victims suffered from bad breath, a loathsome cadaverous stink from within according to one contemporary, and other symptoms included high fever, acute stomach pains and bluish black spots on the body.
This fetishistic oath, seemingly sworn and signed in blood, has kept the Republicans from saying "yes" to President Obama's offer for raising the nation's debt ceiling -- a deal that would whack some $4 trillion dollars from the national deficit. Fernando Espuelas: Why Republicans Can't Say Yes to Obama
As he neared the boat house, he swung out away from the boathouse towards the edge of the trees, keeping as far away from the docks as possible.
But he fears and loathes failure. Times, Sunday Times
Although a friend of the King, my loathing of the overthrown politicians was such that I accepted with alacrity.
Only by whipping up fear and loathing of trade unions among the business community will these organizations get their client base.
Sometimes in life you can feel passion, jealousy, sensuality, loathing, and love.
The literal translation of the term for anorexia in both the Cantonese and Mandarin dialects would be something along the lines of “the disorder of loathing to eat” or “the disease of disliking eating.” Crazy Like Us
One cowered in fear, while the other looked down in loathing.
The notion that bankers should have to swear an oath of ethical conduct, pledging to do no wrong, has been much derided. Times, Sunday Times
The cloathing is dissimilar; the Essences cloathed were identically the same. Copyright
He evaded a direct reply to questions on the possibility of induction of new faces in his ministry saying that the entire process, including oath ceremony if necessary, would be completed by July six.
He orders the witch to repel the charge of sorcery by the oath of sixteen women, so these jurywomen must have been often exposed to peremptory challenges.
I really do not care which word you use - the context will tell me whether you are suffering from nausea or self-loathing.
I don't - unlike some - have to stoop to declaratives like ‘I loathe’: I've tried to stick to William Goldman's dictum of ‘show, don't tell.’
My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. Christianity Today
This transition was loathed and resisted long before it was grudgingly accepted and finally embraced by Hollywood interests. Times, Sunday Times
Their task was to take oaths of allegiance from the various semi-independent cities, and to encourage resistance to Milan.
The incident has created an atmosphere of fear and loathing among the people.
The active duty officer has a solemn professional responsibility based on his oath of office and commission for the official tasks he undertakes.
On this bill, the governor's was the kind of calculation that makes him so distinctly loathsome a character.
Hussars, who swore the most picturesque foreign oaths, and had a wonderful sort of estate or property called the Vaterland in their country across the sea, she was filled with a sense of her own loneliness. The Trumpet-Major
Faced with this loathsome infestation, I realised the world needed to hear a different kind of voice - the dour voice of Calvinism.
Every man who strives to become a burgess of this town shall first be examined under oath upon a Book that he is no bondman, but free-born and of free status.
He uttered a string of oaths, so oddly at variance with his usual smooth and civilized manner.
I loathe the idea of braggart look-at-how-we-give-to-the-poor stuff, but the object is to get Christmas gifts in some sort of perspective....would value other suggestions from blog readers onm how to do something to counter gross Christmas greed/consumerism without looking Cromwellian or smug. Auntie joanna writes
Souter John and Tam O'Shanter, otherwise called Somnus and Morpheus, two very good fellows, though one was not very bright, and the other an arrant rattlebrain, who, though much listened to by some, no wise man would believe under oath. The Confidence-Man
Smoked fish is now eaten all year round - but juicy kippers, smoked Finnan haddock or delicious Arbroath smokies are still especially tempting round about now.
He swore an oath to support the king.
And yet these medical fraudsters have deep pockets, and so he is lawyering against a government that he belongs to, and took an oath to uphold.
The new president also has a backslap for the Chief Justice, who sort of bumbled the oath of office, but it looks like no hard feelings. Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
We can fake the Oath, reads an email from a @sunmedia.ca email address, the name blacked out of the document. CBC | Top Stories News
It is that thou take the most solemn oath on the spot that no spulzie or private brawl shall henceforth stain that hand of thine while thy father holds the power in Scotland. The Caged Lion
Yeah you probably right, but the hypocrisy and deceit of the Republicans which Americans loathe is simply unmatched! CNN Poll: Americans think Sanford should resign
Seems we're two of a kind, Dolly and me, both loving the sunshine and the long, langourous days of summer, and both of us loathing the heat and humidity.
He had a deep-seated loathing of the panoply of the Victorian funeral: mummers, mutes, plumes, palls, and all.
He knew what was happening in the boathouse and it was too ordinary to convert into anything exciting.
He uttered a string of oaths, so oddly at variance with his usual smooth and civilized manner.
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In order to do this effectively it may be given powers equivalent to those of the High Court to summon witnesses, send for documents, administer oaths, etc.
He told the judge that he stood before her with ‘my right hand on the Bible’ to ‘swear a solemn oath promising to do what the claimants want’.
Most of the conspirators were in this country before he took the oath of office.
Resigned to his status as a lowly hospital attendant at the Whitestone Sanitarium, Jerome dreams of the day he can once again ply the Hippocratic oath.
There he was raised by animals and discovered by a goatherd.
She might prevaricate for a good cause, but her oath was absolute, and a vow given to a friend was sacred. ALL ABOUT LOVE
But what he also did was layer on top of that a number of extreme measures, such as the so-called private vows, whereby each legionary took an oath never to speak ill of Father Maciel, never to criticize him, and to report to any superior even mild criticism within the ranks that anyone might have. Latino Catholics Confronted By Sting Of Sex Abuse Scandal
The authorities may well have objected to Rembrandt's characterization of the heroic ancestors of the Dutch as rough-hewn conspirators pledging a sword oath to their half-blind leader.
They have gone from mild hatred to deep loathing. Times, Sunday Times
“Every officer of the Virginia Regiment is, as soon as possible, to provide himself with an uniform dress,” he ordered on October 5, “which is to be of fine broad cloath: The coat blue, faced and cuffed with scarlet, with a plain silver lace if to be had, the breeches to be blue; and everyone to provide himself with a silver-laced hat, of a fashionable size.” George Washington’s First War
The cardinals must take an oath when they first enter the conclave that they will abide by all rules set down by the Pope and that they will maintain absolute secrecy about the voting and deliberations.
Milan officials are loath to admit it, but it seems that over the past five years the club's focus has changed. Times, Sunday Times
There is fear and loathing on this muddy campaign trail. Times, Sunday Times
Bolingbroke gives his solemn oath that he has come not to usurp the throne but simply to reclaim his rightful goods and title.
Knight and squire crossed paths with a variety of rural characters - goatherds, galley slaves, innkeepers, and others - all of whom had rambling stories to tell.
This transition was loathed and resisted long before it was grudgingly accepted and finally embraced by Hollywood interests. Times, Sunday Times
No! when a husband she loathes is mated with a woman, even life is loathly to her. Helen
The industry is so ripe with foolishness, pretensions and self-loathing that nothing can be said or done to make it appear even more foolish.
A third week went by, and Martin loathed himself, and loathed life. Chapter 17
This is the explicit oath taken voluntarily by all who serve. Times, Sunday Times
He uttered a string of oaths, so oddly at variance with his usual smooth and civilized manner.
I believe it impossible for any Jew to be ‘anti-semetic’ because of some (any) belief toward other Jews (orthodox, liberal, etc) unless that Jew is self loathing and in projecting hates Jews in general. The Volokh Conspiracy » U.S. Denying Entry Visas to People Who Work on Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Reactor?
Love it or loathe it, this is the future. The Sun
These vile, bejeweled, befeathered women, these loathsome, swinish men -- _these_ are the people who have money to spend. The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow
Over 650 re-enactors dressed in authentic costume, as well as military vehicles and equipment from the era, will colour the whole line through Pickering, Levisham, Goathland and Grosmont.
Despite the fear and loathing they often engender, wild rats play an important part in the biological economy of this fallen world.
I refer to slavery, Mistuh Comber, which they affect to abominate, but which we of the South hold to be a nat'ral condition which, for better or worse, is inevitable A strangled oath came from within Clotho's hood. THE NUMBERS
Servicemen have to swear an oath of loyalty to their country.
But the Indian government is loath to divide an already divided state any further.

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