Example Sentences

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Ulrich, of Die Zeit, said, “She’s always been skeptical of Putin, but she doesn’t detest him. Detesting would be too much emotion.”

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2014

Detesting false symmetries, Bellows wanted to show the world exactly as his embodied eye saw it.

From Washington Post

Detesting unpunctuality, the King keeps his London routine as regular and unvarying as possible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Detesting sea travelling as I usually do, I set out this time with a light heart and smiling face, disdainful of the horrible discomfort caused by the voyage.

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah

Detesting herself for it, she tried hard to repress the flood of bitter hatred she felt rising in her against Lady Lakeden.

From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Zangwill, Louis