Example sentences for: detest

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

  • They are conservatives who fundamentally detest U.S. involvement in Kosovo and have little interest in the morality of the issue.

  • The leaders of the Band socialize with the Jocks--before he was expelled last year, Band leader Newton Gingrich briefly challenged Clinton for Most Popular--but rank-and-file Bandits detest the Jocks and Poms.

  • Testimony and detest are both based on Latin testis `witness, testicle.

  • A story profiles Mark Willes, publisher of the Los Angeles Times . While journalists detest his eagerness to mix business and editorial (ad guys and editors work together to plan profitable special sections), this is nothing new in the newspaper world.

  • “You two are testimony enough for Fanny's culinary powers, although I do detest her slicing the bread so thick.


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