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 process has long been detested by physicians and patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He "detested his father", according to Neave, and left East Yorkshire for London's fashionable society.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

For over 20 years, there has not been a single NHL player I detested more than Corey Perry, especially when he played for that other local team.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2025

Although Nabokov was the scion of a Russian noble family, he detested the class-bound servility ubiquitous in the land of his birth.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann