despised

Example Sentences

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Other such eastern refuges were established, and it looked for a time as if the problem of how to preserve America’s most despised animal had been found.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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

Part of Lord Mandelson's mystique - and one of the reasons why he is despised by some in the Labour movement - is his love of political intrigue, gossip and plots.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

He was with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, whom I still despised, so I did not approach him.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein