detestable
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Detestable as the impulse was, it came quite naturally to him.
From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie
Detestable fury!" exclaimed Front-de-Boeuf, "that moment shalt thou never witness—Ho!
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
Lastly, that if you resisted once the fatal passion you should be for ever released, as well as myself, from the power of the fairy Detestable.
From Old French Fairy Tales by Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de
"Detestable creatures!" said Mrs. Gibson with some heat.
From Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl by Jepson, Edgar
Detestable things have been produced in the past, and they are none the less detestable because we are able to see how they came to be produced.
From Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects by Cox, Kenyon
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