anathema

Example Sentences

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"The path to rebuilding the right can only happen with the broadest possible spirit of unity, without exclusion and without anathema," he writes.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Commercials were anathema to Hastings, but Netflix has now built an ad business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

A cap is anathema to the players’ union.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Going three years without winning a tournament is anathema to a man who seemed poised for a long run as world number one.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

The latter, never mind everything else about Massenet, would have been anathema to drama-obsessed Wagner.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall