execrating
- present participle of execrate.
Example Sentences
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I paced from post to post, execrating the sluggish march of time.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
June 30th.—Once more all men are execrating Gen. Huger.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
Instead of execrating Mr. Holt, I admire him most profoundly.
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine
Little Caligaro was execrating last night's rain, which had made the ground heavy.
From The Child of Pleasure by Harding, Georgina
"You know not the horror with which they inspire me, any more than you can guess the personal reasons I have for avoiding and execrating them, and all who resemble them."
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène