Example Sentences

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It’s about understanding that that the removal of a single despised figurehead isn’t enough.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

That team became the lordly Yankees, an “aesthetically evil” and “universally despised dynasty” that, nonetheless, Mr. Gittlitz grudgingly admits, has a lot of working-class fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Bogle almost certainly would’ve despised cryptocurrency ETFs as speculative instruments that produce no cash flow.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Over the next few days, I did what any rational woman falling for a man with a cat she despised would do.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

I wouldn’t marry a man I hated or despised.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott