detestable

Example Sentences

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"Knowing the vulgarity of the old world, today I try to avoid being listened to by the new world – so that I don't come across as detestable," he told the court.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

As the bored trust fund kid Tara, Lohan drew from her experiences withering away in the California sun to craft a character who was detestable but always sympathetic.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2024

Would they think that the detestable bugs had started to infest their apartments?

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2023

“All right, understandable. Is it a detestable act? Yes. You don’t have to like him. You can hate him. But he is sick.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

There again was the delight, the courage, that is most admirable in the Karhidish spirit—and in the human spirit—and though I could not share it with him, to deny it would be a detestable act.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin