detest

Example Sentences

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Ethnic Persians are about half the population, and even those who detest the theocratic regime don’t want the country to break up or descend into civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

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

“I remember and detest those phonics workbooks we had to use in 1st & 2nd grade. I’m not a teacher. I would have preferred other ways of learning to read.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Lee also assured his viewers that he was predisposed to detest vegan food before he took a bite of its faux chicken sandwich and appeared to have an out-of-body experience.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023

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