detested

Example Sentences

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Both parties found voters on the doorsteps who disliked the government and detested the prime minister.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

I detested “circling back” and “picking low-hanging fruit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

A return to the top was a distant dream amid the dramas of two groundshares with Northampton and Birmingham, a detested ownership in Sisu, multiple protests and parliamentary mentions.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Americans wholly detested the tariffs, which forced up the prices of popular products.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

She saw Zeus sitting on Mount Ida watching the Trojans conquer, and she thought how she detested him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton