be detestable
Example Sentences
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I think a light blue celeste, which Lord Stafford had, would be detestable, and scarlet is too glaring.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.
The first is enchantment, which I need not describe, and of which I will speak no more, because it is what everybody knows to be detestable, and nobody ought to know the art thereof.
From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel
"That's true," yawned out Beecher; "vetturino work must be detestable."
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
When Vogler came back he entered the Church, was immediately appointed Court Chaplain, and composed a Miserere which all the world declares to be detestable, being full of false harmony.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
Mamma had made up her mind to be detestable about Julius Bradshaw—that was the long and short of it.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
