be detestable
Example Sentences
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When Vogler came back he entered the Church, was immediately appointed Court Chaplain, and composed a Miserere which all the world declares to be detestable, being full of false harmony.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
If the fictions and artifices of vanity be detestable, the concealment of our good actions is surely not without guilt.
From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden
An ornament that would be admirable applied to one object, might be detestable if applied to another.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various
Mamma had made up her mind to be detestable about Julius Bradshaw—that was the long and short of it.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
It proved, when it came, to be detestable; I could not put it to my lips; and Bellairs, who had as much palate as a weevil, was left to finish it himself.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
