Sample Sentences for
sloth
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sloth as in:  mental sloth

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It is difficult to change the habit of sloth.
sloth = laziness
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    I'm trying to change my slothful ways.
    slothful = lazy
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    Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.
    sloth = laziness
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    Laziness was sloth and sloth was a sin.  (source)
    sloth = an unwillingness to work or exert oneself
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    And Lord Marchmain, well, a little fleshy perhaps, but very handsome, a magnifico, a voluptuary, Byronic, bored, infectiously slothful, not at all the sort of man you would expect to see easily put down.  (source)
    slothful = lazy
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    They were a careful accounting of human flaws, noting specific instances of tardiness, impertinence, disaffection, drunkenness, sloth, desire.  (source)
    sloth = laziness
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    And add: it is not in pride that I make this prayer, O Lord, for I am lower than all men.... Love God's people, let not strangers draw away the flock, for if you slumber in your slothfulness and disdainful pride, or worse still, in covetousness, they will come from all sides and draw away your flock.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    I smiled at this as Monica, the slothlike girl, eased through the door, carrying a tray laden with napkins.†  (source)
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    If, therefore, thou wouldst have me enjoy what can be called life, thou wilt at once engage in this love struggle, not lukewarmly nor slothfully, but with the energy and zeal that my desire demands, and with the loyalty our friendship assures me of.†  (source)
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    She did not steal or murder but she was a born liar and slothful and she sassed her mother and was deliberately ugly to almost everybody.  (source)
    slothful = lazy
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    And if I let a gust of wind or a sprinkling of rain turn me aside from these easy tasks, what preparation would such sloth be for the future I propose to myself?  (source)
    sloth = laziness
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    19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.†  (source)
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    Shame to the slothful and woe to the weak one.  (source)
    slothful = lazy
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    But he didn't come, so I began to daydream about being older and going to Yale with Sam and scoring some telling points myself and Sam being proud of me—even though I know that daydreams are sloth and sloth is a sin.  (source)
    sloth = laziness
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sloth as in:  a sloth in the tree

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A sloth moves faster than she does.
sloth = a type of mammal that seldom moves and is very slow when it does move
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    The sloth is hanging upside down in that tree.
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    The sloth only moved about three meters per minute.
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    Is it a two-toed or three-toed sloth.
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    Tina had seen a sloth two days earlier at the zoo in San Jose.  (source)
    sloth = a type of mammal that seldom moves and is typically very slow when it does move
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    While they hovered past tree sloths and octopi and marmosets and water buffalo, Mum's face was pressed against the pod's window.  (source)
    sloths = mammals of a specific type that seldom move and are typically very slow when they do move
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    The processor was slower than a sloth by current standards, but it was fine for my needs.  (source)
    sloth = a type of mammal that seldom moves and is typically very slow when it does move
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    "Sugar gliders and sloths," Sam offered.†  (source)
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    Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away.  (source)
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    According to this book, 'the beaches of Cabo Blanco are frequented by a variety of wildlife, including howler and white-faced monkeys, three-toed sloths, and coatimundis.  (source)
    sloths = mammals of a specific type that seldom move and are typically very slow when they do move
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    Bagheera would lie out on a branch and call, "Come along, Little Brother," and at first Mowgli would cling like the sloth, but afterward he would fling himself through the branches almost as boldly as the gray ape.  (source)
    sloth = a type of animal that seldom moves and is very slow when it does move
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    Did sloths make a chirping sound?  (source)
    sloths = mammals of a specific type that seldom move and are typically very slow when they do move
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    That big bloke from Slytherin who looks like a sloth.  (source)
    sloth = a type of mammal that seldom moves and is typically very slow when it does move
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    Beebe reported that firing guns next to sleeping or feeding sloths elicited little reaction.  (source)
    sloths = mammals of a specific type that seldom move and are typically very slow when they do move
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