despise

Example Sentences

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Decades of research on rally-around-the-flag effects – the tendency of populations to unite behind their government when attacked by a foreign power – confirms that external attacks fuse regime and nation, even when citizens despise their leaders.

From Salon

It’s also difficult to gauge how many of Iran’s 93 million people despise the government enough to rise up against it.

From Los Angeles Times

Hamilton despised those with “no principle but to get money.”

From Barron's

Hamilton despised those with “no principle but to get money.”

From Barron's

People either love the sitcom’s cartoonish flourishes or despise them.

From Salon