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Example sentences for: despise

How can you use “despise” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Does she love him, despise him, or both?
The archaeologists despise the New Agers, but need their money to fund research and preservation.
They despise the fact that you now get your news directly from Usenet groups or chat rooms, untainted by effete journalists; they fume because today's politicians speak directly to the people via Larry King Live and MTV; they are furious because kids play interactive Nintendo games instead of passively watching television cartoons.
Yankee-haters used to despise Bombers such as Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Reggie Jackson, just as the American left abominated hard-core conservatives such as Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.
The Palestinian spin: We held off to avoid scaring Israeli voters, which might have helped re-elect right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom we despise for sabotaging the peace process.