Example Sentences

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Maybe her kid just hated skirts, the way she had hated skirts.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023

Born near Los Angeles in 1944, to a United Methodist minister and a teacher, Leslie had hated his red hair and his name, and went by Les instead.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Whatever it was, someone had hated them for it.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

The "Terminator" star has been open about his relationship with his children and previously revealed his kids had "hated" his move from the Hollywood industry to politics.

From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2021

She remembered how she had hated the scaly tails of the muskrats, the wild smell of them, and yet did not want to find them caught fast in the traps.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry