abhorred

Example Sentences

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He was a political progressive who abhorred radicalism, an antimonopolist who recognized the inevitability of large corporations and chose to regulate rather than ban them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Petitions poured into the office of Gov. Edmund “Pat” Brown, a Democrat who believed Chessman guilty but abhorred the death penalty on religious grounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

Senators, Sandvine later announced that it would no longer work with Belarus, saying that it abhorred “the use of technology to suppress the free flow of information resulting in human rights violations.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Her mother, Rose Mary Walls, was a hardy free spirit who hoped to succeed as a painter and abhorred the idea of bourgeois life.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Emma must have had mixed feelings about her daughter not being confirmed, but she abhorred hypocrisy.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman