despicable

Example Sentences

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"Even the despicable characters, they're not removed from me, they are just part of a complex character."

From BBC

Supervisor Janice Hahn called the practice of paying for plaintiffs “despicable” and said any attorney guilty of the practice “should be disbarred, and their share of the settlement should go to the victims of abuse.”

From Los Angeles Times

“People have to also realize that despicable comments — you have the right to say them, but you don’t have the right to employment,” Paul said.

From Salon

They said they found him "despicable" and wanted to send a message that he was not welcome.

From BBC

Time and again, history’s advance has been imagined to depend on silencing or destroying a single figure – the rival who becomes the ultimate, despicable foe.

From Salon