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
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
And very slowly, generations of Americans were raised to revile cigarette smoking.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022
“No, no. We revile Anastasia. We like Antonia, the other blonde,” Mom explained.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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