disliking

Example Sentences

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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

“This idea of disliking your boss and hating your job is as old as time,” Anicich said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2024

Despite apparently disliking one another, the pair have a son together, Neil "the Baby" Noel Edmond Smith.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024

“I think that’s fair enough,” Ifemelu said, disliking Shan, and herself, too, for bending to Shan’s spell.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie