Example sentences for: despised

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

  • Mulattoes are despised as mongrels.

  • Not coincidentally, these programs--including unemployment compensation, Social Security, and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), all of which you have to work to get--have been politically unassailable, while welfare programs are either unpopular or actively despised.

  • In the 1970s, many rockers despised disco.

  • The war against the Chechens, who are despised as Muslim terrorists in slavic Russia, is wildly popular, proof that Russian military power is returning.

  • Many people despised Barkely for his big mouth and poor manners.


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