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

The process has long been detested by physicians and patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"I was not a supporter of British imperialism, in fact I detested it," Yavar tells me.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

Americans wholly detested the tariffs, which forced up the prices of popular products.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

In this case the punishment for the arrogance the gods detested fell not on Queen Cassiopeia, Andromeda’s mother, but on her daughter.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton