be detestable
Example Sentences
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The first is enchantment, which I need not describe, and of which I will speak no more, because it is what everybody knows to be detestable, and nobody ought to know the art thereof.
From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel
At any rate, it isn't the kind of a joke I make—it would be detestable.
From Arsene Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice
It would be detestable, but it would have to be done.
From Gone to Earth by Webb, Mary Gladys Meredith
The country, he thought, must be detestable in such vile weather.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile
I think a light blue celeste, which Lord Stafford had, would be detestable, and scarlet is too glaring.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.
