execrate
verb (used with object)
to detest utterly; abhor; abominate.
execrating
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present participleof execrate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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This is so strictly true, that, when the moment for execution arrived, we heard the inhabitants who had fled to the churches, execrating this destruction.
From History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 by Philippe-Paul, comte de Ségur
And in what glowing verse has Tasso described all the delicious pain of such a situation! now proud of his fetters, now execrating them in despair.
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
This is so strictly true, that, when the moment for execution arrived, we heard the inhabitants who had fled to the churches execrating this destruction.
From The Two Great Retreats of History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery
June 30th.—Once more all men are execrating Gen. Huger.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
Presently he went, stumbling and execrating, close past the spot where Leslie remained concealed, and the latter at once rose to his feet and followed him noiselessly, at a distance of some fifteen paces.
From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harold Piffard
