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

I can even appreciate the innovations it contributed to modern American music, partly because its most significant one bolsters my argument as to why it’s still sort of detestable.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2023

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

“What is detestable in a pig is more detestable in a boy.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens