disliked

Example Sentences

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Teachers found her difficult; she disliked routine and authority.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Dollar Tree is largely disliked by investors, with the stock trading at 15 times next year’s forward earnings.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

U.S. troops in Iraq believed they would be greeted as liberators because 80% of the population disliked Saddam Hussein’s regime, Mansoor said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

I’ve always felt on the defense or disliked.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

She hated, too, how she had never understood before that the reason Vivian and Brooke disliked each other was Imogen herself.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart