despise
Example Sentences
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Despise him or adore him, he is a walking headline.
From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2021
Philip Neri, disciple of Savonarola, said: "Despise the world; despise yourself; and despise being despised."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Despise the enemy strategically." 'wrote Mao Tse-tung in his handbook for revolutionaries, "but take him seriously tactically."
From Time Magazine Archive
“I really hate Miami, William. Despise it with a passion. Everything is so pink and blue.”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
Once let this eye the foeman see, Then, if he live to turn and flee, Despise my puny strength, and shame With foul opprobrium Ráma's name.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Vocabulary lists containing despise
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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