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

Mr. Mellencamp sang a similar tune in a 1991 interview when he admitted becoming everything he earlier despised.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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

Hamilton despised those with “no principle but to get money.”

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

On Saturdays Claudia emptied the wastebaskets, a task she despised.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg