despise

Audiences just want to look in a mirror, even if they themselves internally despise what they see in that mirror.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

Regional mayors were an untested concept at the time but Burnham made the role his own - and used it to build a powerful platform, untainted by the London-centric Westminster politics he professes to despise.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Co-signers include the Open Markets Institute, an anti-monopoly advocacy and research group in Washington that tends to despise Big Tech, and the Writer’s Guild.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

“It’s impossible. . . . If I do that, my kids, my grandkids would despise me. My wife will despise me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Still, he thought, to have the object of your love, worthy or not, despise you, or leave you .

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

There are few things Friedman despises more than a deadline trade.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

“I am thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president,” referring to Noem and Stephen Miller, whom Tillis also despises.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026

With those words, Imai immediately became something of a folk hero to any baseball fan who despises the Dodgers—a group that currently includes just about everyone outside of L.A.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

Cicero, who despises Catalina for his reckless idealism, is one of many characters trying to bring the architect to heel.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

Which gives rise to the thought that maybe he’s hiding in the last place we’d expect; the place he despises more than cauliflower and piano lessons combined—Meadow Creek Elementary School.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Djokovic was despondent after the match, saying he "despised every moment I spent on the court for that".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

It’s about understanding that that the removal of a single despised figurehead isn’t enough.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

That team became the lordly Yankees, an “aesthetically evil” and “universally despised dynasty” that, nonetheless, Mr. Gittlitz grudgingly admits, has a lot of working-class fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Bogle almost certainly would’ve despised cryptocurrency ETFs as speculative instruments that produce no cash flow.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

When the Redcoats marched into Philadelphia, the Patriots despised Stansbury even more, because he went to work for the British, doing various jobs for General Howe.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

Haney reminded jurors that despising the rich isn’t a crime, much less an abnormal opinion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

I see movies that I end up despising and I’m still glad I went because I got to have a pretzel and an ice-cold soda and not look at my phone for a few hours.”

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2025

“Thank you, but I can’t accept your money,” I said firmly, despising myself for my pride.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros