revile

Example Sentences

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Published this month by the University of Georgia Press, Thurmond’s book makes a case that Oglethorpe evolved to revile slavery and, unlike most white Europeans of his time, saw the humanity in enslaved Africans.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Her life of looking closely at those we would rather revile or ignore has earned her attention in return.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

It is, ad nauseam, a brothers-in-arms story, whose likable soldiers revile the self-important brass but are devoted to “the kid in the ditch” — the common soldier in harm’s way.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely,

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

Don’t we have a cheerful, simple morality here in Western Civilization: expect perfection, and revile the missed mark!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver