Example Sentences

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“It’s impossible. . . . If I do that, my kids, my grandkids would despise me. My wife will despise me.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

I am almost certain that I will despise any formal pictures of us.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2012

Yes, though analog lovers will despise it, there are no gauges here.

From Forbes • Jan. 9, 2012

The word melodrama has become code for something the art-house crowd will despise.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2010

If Peter and his friends hated me before, they will despise me now.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth