detest

Example Sentences

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His exile to the archives provided him with the arsenal of ammunition he used against the system he came to detest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

People detest her and Prince Harry for stepping back from their royal duties and even more so for going public about what life was like for them.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

“I detest it, the mere idea of it,” Freeman told Variety in a recent interview about “The Gray House,” a historical drama series about the work of Union spies during the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Not only do the Fremen detest colonizers mining their planet for spice and often attack them, the mining operation is also a dangerous activity in and of itself.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Perhaps we would not be so anxious to prolong life if we did not detest so much the sickness of withdrawal.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas