loathing

Example Sentences

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“Last summer there was lots of kind of fear and loathing about AI,” Lichtenberg said, “and I feel like there’s been a vibe shift.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Michael Jackson is a prime example of this conundrumFor his millions of devotees their love for him is rivalled in intensity only by their seething loathing for his critics.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

“We wear your loathing with pride,” Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a post on X addressed to S&P, adding that the company “is and remains extremely profitable.”

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Judging by social media, my irrepressible loathing of Leavitt's smug visage and pompous voice makes me typical of my demographic: progressive, college-educated women between the ages of 25 and 65.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025

Later still, when I overcame my grief and came to have nothing in my heart but loathing despair, my youngest aunt told me of others.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan