Example sentences for: despised

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

  • "Squirrel Nutkin was a bitter, resentful recluse who secretly despised Twinkleberry and goaded Old Mr. Brown into violence, according to a collection of correspondence published by former lover Joyce Maynard."

  • Charlotte was bad enough, but by suggesting that the HQ is now also in much despised L.A., where San Franciscans say the definition of Old Money is someone whose checks clear the bank the first time, was a very bitter pill.

  • J. Edgar Hoover despised King, whom he genuinely believed to be a Communist and further resented for assailing the bureau's sometimes laggard enforcement of justice in the lawless South.

  • The LAT lead reports Clinton acknowledged "the U.S. government's support for the widely despised military junta that ruled Greece more than 25 years ago" during a speech to Greek business and community leaders.

  • Thus the Ku Klux Klan wore the vestments of the Catholics they despised, and the John Birch Society organized itself in secret cells and front groups modeled on the Communist foe.


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