disliking

Example Sentences

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In 1995, Keith starred in Next Of Kin as Maggie Prentice, a grandmother who made no secret of disliking her orphaned grandchildren when taking them in after the death of her estranged son.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

When the bubble is big enough, it shifts the behavior of the market as a whole from disliking capital expenditure, and hating speculative capital spending in particular, to loving it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Some readers confessed to never having seen the film whose soundtrack they love; others even reported disliking it.

From New York Times • May 26, 2024

Rice in America has gotten a bad reputation, Johnson says, with some nutritionists disliking its starchiness and tendency to cause spikes in blood sugar.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2023

Far from disliking Aron, he loved him because he was usually the cause for Cal’s feelings of triumph.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck