Example Sentences

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He doesn’t seek to offend, and his despisers on the right fault him for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Cheney, whose funeral will take place on Thursday at the National Cathedral in Washington, saw then what his despisers still miss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

This especially pleases Midwest chauvinists, who have had to contend with curdled despisers from — Et tu, Brute? — the Midwest.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022

Licorice despisers can reduce or leave out the fennel seeds and anise; heat seekers can shovel in more pepper or add chile powder.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2021

But doubtless those whom he calls an unbelieving world were not the wicked despisers of his Word nor the tyrants.

From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by Lenker, John Nicholas