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This man they’d execrated and denounced had shocked the world—not just by being his shocking self but by winning; nobody expected him to win!—and yet from them this evoked no reaction.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2016

With powerful brevity, Borges limns a decadent nation where language�and all that it implies of hope and beauty �is the execrated enemy.

From Time Magazine Archive

You either execrated them and were on the side of history, or enjoyed them and missed the bus.

From Time Magazine Archive

He dressed for dinner, execrated split infinitives and democracy.

From Time Magazine Archive

De Clavering, who observed them both, gave a humorous dissertation on the powers of sympathy, and execrated its effects.

From Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 by Bonhote, Elizabeth