| With a deep and abiding detestation of competitive sports, he was naturally bookish. |
| By contrast, the Trades Union Congress, driven by detestation for fascism, was more robust. |
| She had not even spoken a word, and yet, Ashley could not help her intense feelings of detestation for her. |
| He's balanced in his acknowledgement of the world's brutality and his detestation of its cruelty. |
| But it seems to me that there might be something else at work as well, the residue of a deeper and much older detestation. |
| His loathing of Moguls surpassed even his detestation of Uzbeks, Shias, Afghans and assorted infidels. |
