Example Sentences

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Savage writes of Phil: “he had loathed the world, should it loathe him first.”

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The game-winning play was one that Trevor Lawrence had loathed for weeks.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2019

That lasted for about 15 minutes, during which we meet the newly widowed Edie, an abrasive octogenarian, and learn exactly how much she had loathed the disabled husband she had spent 30 years caring for.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

Reluctantly, Beach embraced the idea he had loathed at the start, and he proposed steam power for his tunnel. 

From Scientific American • Feb. 21, 2014

Hermione’s expression could not have been any smugger; she had loathed being outperformed in every Potions class.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling