Example Sentences

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This is the role he has detested at times at Manchester United, even if he has toed the line when asked about it since linking up with the national squad.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2014

For the former, owing to his probity, we entertain no great feelings of enmity: the latter, owing to his cruelty, our country has detested and always will detest.

From Treatises on Friendship and Old Age by Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley

She doesn't care a straw for him, and since I have begun to care for him again, I verily believe that she has detested him; he knows it too.

From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

Well, she won't be the first wife that has detested her husband.

From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle by Burke, Charles

He has been insolent, he has detested me without my ever having done anything to him; I have loved his daughter, his daughter has loved me, we are quits.

From The Grip of Desire by France, Hector