loathed

Example Sentences

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The jingle first aired in the 1990s and has been loved and loathed by listeners ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The EU is expected Friday to give a long-delayed go ahead to a huge trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur championed by business groups but loathed by many European farmers.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

But Russian thistle is a monstrous piece of botanical grotesquerie, loathed by all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

For decades, throngs of consumers loathed their cable company — a sentiment that Disney and other programmers were able to use in their favor in past battles.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

The colonel had never liked the chaplain and now he loathed and distrusted him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller