Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Disliking a specific poem doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t meant to appreciate poetry.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Disliking the show, wrote New York Times reviewer Clive Barnes, “would be tantamount to disliking motherhood, peanut butter, friendly mongrel dogs and nostalgia.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2019

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Disliking this reminder of his earlier mood, he moved forward into the clearing, swinging his stick aggressively and whistling.

From The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories by Blackwood, Algernon