despised
Example Sentences
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It’s about understanding that that the removal of a single despised figurehead isn’t enough.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
He despised the way Mauldin portrayed the soldiers and thought it gave the world an unflattering picture of the troops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Over the next few days, I did what any rational woman falling for a man with a cat she despised would do.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Hamilton despised those with “no principle but to get money.”
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
I would fight for the doorstep rather than give it up, but I knew that my hunger and my fear were making me into another person altogether, a greedy and coldhearted person I despised.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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