Example Sentences

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And he built an entire coaching philosophy around the word “no,” rejecting sometimes-sadistic football rituals that he had detested as a player.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2018

He had detested them the whole day long.

From The Fortunate Youth by Locke, William John

She remembered that Lady Anne had detested Lady Iniscrone to the extent that she would never have her inside the house.

From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine

Miss L'Estrange and Lord Arleigh were by force of circumstances great friends--nothing more, and this season he determined to make a friend of the man he had detested as a rival.

From Wife in Name Only by Brame, Charlotte M.

She remembered a certain look in his face which she had detested.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson