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 U.S. could soon have the “universally detested Temu Greyhound of the Skies.”

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

“I think it’s proper to say that they really detested each other,” said Robert Aldrich, the film’s director.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

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

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

She detested the job as much as she had expected.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown