Example Sentences

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Disliking the taste of their water, they installed a simple reverse-osmosis filter under the sink.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2023

Disliking pharmaceutical companies is America’s national pastime, except when the companies are devising anti-pandemic vaccines at warp speed.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

Disliking working for a studio, he set out to be an independent filmmaker.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Disliking both slavery and France, the Adams administration welcomed the revolution in Saint Domingue.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Disliking the Lieutenant from the first, and as strongly attracted by the girl, his sympathies were now entirely with her.

From Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier by Blumenschein, Ernest L.