abhorring

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Abhorring limitations of all kinds, Acker exploded the borders between novel and poetry, philosophy and journalism, art and entertainment—most interestingly, between reading and writing.

From Slate • May 4, 2015

Abhorring the life of a pirate, she still was the first to board, and was as resolute as the bravest.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

Abhorring lying and swearing, being just, in all that lay in his power, to his word. 

From The Life of John Bunyan by Venables, Edmund

Abhorring slavery from childhood, it is no wonder that the earnestness of the Liberator exerted an immediate and lasting influence upon the sympathies of the young principal.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

Abhorring these savage manners, we returned to our ship not willing to tarry longer in that island.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert