Example Sentences

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The jingle first aired in the 1990s and has been loved and loathed by listeners ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

His minister father loathed rap, yet Jean teasingly and earnestly called himself “the preacher’s son,” filling his verses with biblical language that still shows up in “Quantum Leap.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The EU is expected Friday to give a long-delayed go ahead to a huge trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur championed by business groups but loathed by many European farmers.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Within weeks of arriving, I loathed Madras, where rats stole the padding from my earphones, the humidity left me weak and men tailed my mother in traffic, desperate to buy our imported car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Argus Filch, the caretaker, was loathed by every student in the school.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling