despise

Example Sentences

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June and Athena are the only two professional writers that the other knows, so they stick together, even though they really despise each other.

From Los Angeles Times

Disgust flits across his face, an expression we will remember when, much later, mounting problems force him to embrace a manufacturing option he despises.

From New York Times

He supported her opponent in last year’s Republican primary, in which he savaged Ms. Mace for fighting with her own party and said she was “despised by almost everyone.”

From New York Times

Another frustrating loss where the offense fell short of the most minimal of expectations was upon the Mariners against the one team they despise more than any other in baseball.

From Seattle Times

Strachwitz despised most commercial music — “mouse music,” he called it — but he did have just enough success to keep Arhoolie going.

From Seattle Times