How to Use despise in a Sentence
despise
verb
- She was despised as a hypocrite.
- I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!
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Surely the first thing a Juve fan learns is to despise Inter, and this kid’s parents must have taught him well.
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Dan Gartland,
SI.com,
18 Sep. 2017
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For Trump, who obviously despises the press, the irony has got to be grating.
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vanityfair.com,
12 July 2017
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Mr Trump’s principle is to despise anything that Mr Obama held dear.
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The Economist,
31 Aug. 2017
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Crowd members targeted the mostly white cops, who were despised in the black community after decades of abuse.
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Bill McGraw,
Detroit Free Press,
22 July 2017
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Before, pineapple pizza wasn’t an option because Mark despised it.
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Savanna Swain-Wilson,
SELF,
23 Aug. 2017
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Fans despised keeping the veteran Bullock over the rookie.
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Paul Dehner Jr.,
Cincinnati.com,
4 Sep. 2017
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The railroad has launched a new advertising campaign focused heavily on why so many airlines have been despised by so many for so very long.
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Justin Bachman,
Bloomberg.com,
15 Sep. 2017
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Yes, the film is razzing the corporate frameworks around these beloved (or sometimes despised) enterprises.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2024
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And for Trump, in this moment, that may mean making deals with members of the party whose former leader many of his supporters despised deeply.
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Eugene Scott,
Washington Post,
14 Sep. 2017
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Yasmin despises her father for having affairs but relies on him financially.
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Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
7 Aug. 2024
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But he was despised by Thailand’s pro-establishment elites and allegations of corruption followed.
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Helen Regan,
Time,
24 Aug. 2017
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The only problem: most of the fey despise humans, especially Prince Cardan, the enchanting son of the High King.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
10 Sep. 2024
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The man abhors them the same way the Longhorns despise the Sooners.
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Nick Moyle,
ExpressNews.com,
11 Apr. 2020
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But Brown despises the sight of Davis when its time to work.
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J.l. Kirven,
Detroit Free Press,
13 July 2019
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The three subjects despise the film and want nothing to do with it.
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Ben Sales,
sun-sentinel.com,
3 Nov. 2020
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Even when a wide swath of the NFL fan base despises this guy?
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Peter King,
SI.com,
27 Sep. 2017
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Today the world is learning to fear us and to despise us.
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Dp Opinion,
The Denver Post,
21 July 2019
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The couple first met in 2012 on the set of the sci-fi drama Her, but Phoenix thought Mara despised him.
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Lynsey Eidell,
Peoplemag,
3 Nov. 2023
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Revered in Tehran, he was despised throughout much of the region.
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Time,
3 Jan. 2020
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Meanwhile, the smug parishioners despise the poor folks around their fine church.
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Celia Storey,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2021
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There’s just one problem: Most of the United Kingdom seems to despise the plan.
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Jen Kirby,
Vox,
27 Nov. 2018
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But for now, the Force is with those who despise overwhelming crowds.
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Scott Craven,
azcentral,
3 July 2019
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Even the Blues Brothers had enough moral sense to despise Illinois Nazis.
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Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
12 Dec. 2022
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The crimes were denied, the murders hidden, the survivors judged and despised.
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Ivan Quintanilla,
National Geographic,
22 June 2019
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The players despise you, the fans pour beer all over your clothes, and the real announcers up in the booth look down on you.
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Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
3 Mar. 2022
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The event that most male gymnasts despise is his calling card.
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BostonGlobe.com,
20 June 2021
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Golf represents a half-dozen things I was raised to despise.
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Zach Baron,
GQ,
2 July 2018
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Whether those programs despise Harbaugh or not isn't the point.
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Nick Baumgardner,
Detroit Free Press,
2 May 2018
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