despised
Example Sentences
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It’s about understanding that that the removal of a single despised figurehead isn’t enough.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
He despised the way Mauldin portrayed the soldiers and thought it gave the world an unflattering picture of the troops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Bogle almost certainly would’ve despised cryptocurrency ETFs as speculative instruments that produce no cash flow.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Over the next few days, I did what any rational woman falling for a man with a cat she despised would do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
They were the despised and rejected, the wretched and the spat upon, the earth’s offscouring; and he was in their company, and they would swallow up his soul.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
