hated
Example Sentences
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Pete Hegseth may be the most hated man in Washington.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
As she writes in the book, and has said elsewhere, it wasn’t that she hated her baby or feared harming her but instead “a total blackout of emotion, like my soul was dead.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He chose a type of filler - hyaluronic acid - that is temporary so he knew that even if he hated the look it would "eventually just dissolve".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I hated that our fans booed her before the game,” Clark said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And I hated living behind barbed wire, unable to go where I wanted, do what I wanted.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
