loathsome
Example Sentences
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His whereabouts are known by the loathsome twin giant worms, a brother and sister, who took over the planet Nal Hutta after the slaying of its gangster boss, Jabba the Hutt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who ran against Trump in the latest Republican primary, prosecuted the case at the time and called it “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes” he had seen.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
Chief among them is Simon Bennebjerg’s De Schinkel, the most loathsome movie villain in many a moon.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
No, it isn’t the loathsome Confederacy of the 1860s, or the Jim Crow South that denied civil rights and burned Beatles records; it is worse.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
The way I was holding it, it looked like a scoop of loathsome fish ice cream sticking out of a wool blanket cone.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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