detest
Example Sentences
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Ethnic Persians are about half the population, and even those who detest the theocratic regime don’t want the country to break up or descend into civil war.
His exile to the archives provided him with the arsenal of ammunition he used against the system he came to detest.
Some musicians have said they detest AI music, but casual listeners may not care how a track is made if they find it catchy.
“I think it’s proper to say that they really detested each other,” said Robert Aldrich, the film’s director.
“Well, I hope you are not going to be this noisy during the play. I simply detest it when other people talk during a performance.”
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