detestable

Example Sentences

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Yes, even detestable speech of that kind should remain as free as possible.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2024

And how a beloved author could have been a detestable human.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023

After Charles' execution in 1649, England's Crown Jewels were melted down or sold on the orders of the republican revolutionary Oliver Cromwell as representative of the "detestable rule of kings".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

Would they think that the detestable bugs had started to infest their apartments?

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2023

“What is detestable in a pig is more detestable in a boy.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens