despicable

Example Sentences

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"I call for an end to this absolutely despicable exploitation of the tragedy that took place last Thursday evening in Lyon, for which France Unbowed bears absolutely no responsibility," he told reporters.

From BBC

Wright told the High Court they were the "most despicable allegations it is possible to put to any journalist" and that the claims were "utter nonsense".

From BBC

“It’s despicable to imprison a person for exercising their 1st Amendment rights,” McBroom said.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet a little nagging voice kept asking me if perhaps mine hadn’t also been more than a little despicable.

From Literature

The families called for "those past and present who have presided over this despicable incompetence" to be held to account and stripped of their pensions accrued during their time at the hospital.

From BBC