detested
Example Sentences
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Both parties found voters on the doorsteps who disliked the government and detested the prime minister.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
I detested “circling back” and “picking low-hanging fruit.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The U.S. could soon have the “universally detested Temu Greyhound of the Skies.”
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
He "detested his father", according to Neave, and left East Yorkshire for London's fashionable society.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Unlike the chaplain, Corporal Whitcomb detested the seclusion of the clearing in the woods.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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