be detestable
Example Sentences
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Children could at their worst be detestable in their vanity, their posing, their affectation, their unashamed greed.
From Dangerous Ages by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
At any rate, it isn't the kind of a joke I make—it would be detestable.
From Arsene Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice
I think a light blue celeste, which Lord Stafford had, would be detestable, and scarlet is too glaring.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.
A big newspaper fuss will be detestable for Lady Loudwater.
From The Loudwater Mystery by Jepson, Edgar
The country, he thought, must be detestable in such vile weather.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile
