detestable
Example Sentences
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Macron said the royal visit likely would have become their target, which risked creating a “detestable situation.”
From Seattle Times
“But you have to see his whole message, which, while full of love for the grandeur of France, drags the country back to what was most detestable in its history.”
From New York Times
"I am demanding that this detestable behavior be stopped immediately," she told Politico.
From Salon
“If the GOP can nominate someone even slightly less detestable than Matt Bevin, the party has more than a fighting chance of unseating the incumbent,” Jennings said.
From Seattle Times
But Feito, an obviously talented writer, gives us a Mrs. March who is detestable, a person who revels in other people’s failures.
From Washington Post
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