Collocations for "sloth"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sloth" in context.
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sloth
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- sloth among [workers, students, the unemployed]
- needs to [shed, overcome, get rid of] his sloth
- [impeded, hampered, overcome] by sloth
- a [life, class, group] characterized by sloth
- a life of [idleness, selfishness] and sloth
- is [proof, evidence, the consequence] of their sloth
- religion: sloth is a deadly sin
- sloth is her main [downfall, weakness, failing]
- a whole [day, week, life] of sloth
- saw ground sloths (in the forest)
- sloths [hanging, dangling] from branches
- is as slow as a sloth
'sloth' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):