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Sentence Examples Allen's characters, both the admirable ones and the detestable ones, are intensely alive, and we know this by their distinctive voices. I felt I was a detestable person and I hated myself and had all the feelings of failure. Her sister is the symbol of all that is detestable, damnable and loathsome. Nick Stahl does a good job portraying Bobby as a vicious, detestable bully. I've had it with all you unreliable, inconsistent, and detestable blockheads. They're detestable creatures, certainly, but it's hard not to have a sneaking admiration for them. So in conclusion, as detestable and perplexing as it might seem, yes, it might be time to sell your house and move to Winnipeg. We have also voted in favour of the resolution in protest against the detestable politics that Jörg Haider stands for. Stew, could you divulge something detestable about yourself to help quell my longstanding crush on you? We are at the brink of war as a nation, as a world, and we see that some of the things going on around the world are detestable. It will pave the way for the detestable injustices of the American two-tier system. He contended that, as a loyal servant of the crown, he had been honor-bound to rid the country of a detestable tyrant who had perverted French royal institutions. The most vulnerable members of our society fall victim to the repulsive and detestable warlords and gang masters who conceal their depraved activity behind closed doors. Journey to the End of the Night does not offer readers much more than nihilism as a response to a detestable world. The jurors of our sovereign lord and lady present that he hath wickedly and feloniously used certain detestable arts, called witchcraft and sorceries. For me the superstition that made the country folk of England nail owls to barn doors to repel evil forces is detestable and excruciatingly painful to think of. As I have already said, without going into the subject in depth, I find this procedure detestable. To me, it is detestable and unacceptable to hear an official speak in such terms. Allowing the individual who is to be a surrogate to be compensated for loss of work is detestable. Most people would agree that spying on one's neighbors is detestable. Show More Sentences Commercially made, bottled gefilte fish, sold in supermarkets, I found detestable compared to Helen's ambrosia. By contrast, amassing fortunes without recapitalising them or re-injecting them into productive rotating funds is truly detestable. It is such a detestable action, and they cannot excuse themselves by saying they don't take it seriously. Laberne learned that this detestable man was at present in the village of Bournewick. Leviticus 20:13 says that if a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. His detestable statement had no basis in fact and did not deserve a genuine reply. After more than 20 years, the first legislative elections were held in a detestable climate characterised by manipulation. And where are the secular Europeans who ought to have the courage to defend their freedom yet who trade it not for a mess of potage, but for the detestable political correctness? On what authority have you waged such detestable wars on these people, in their mild, peaceful lands, where you have consumed such infinitudes of them, wreaking upon them this death and unheard-of havoc? But your referendum today reminds me not of that Switzerland but of another one, one which is detestable and which those who congratulate you on your choice curiously try to forget. I consider that the rather Anglo-Saxon practice, in terms of legal sociology, of submitting perfectly clear provisions of the Rules of Procedure to a vote of a majority of Members present is absolutely detestable. After such a detestable crime, we can expect anything. I think that even if we deleted clause 92 and adopted Mr. Martin's subamendment, we would not change much in the fundamentally detestable and unacceptable nature of this bill. Just like the sorcerers, you become a detestable being before God. Taken under tincture form, it will quickly calm the inflammation, as well as thi detestable impression that the uterus and intestines are fiercely competing to attract and retain all the attention or their rightful owners. That much of this division falls along racial lines is detestable to me. An oath, in case they were forsworn, draweth a curse on them, a detestable omination towards the priests of God. The Arabs and the Persians had introduced and made common the most detestable forms of vice. He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man. The fair Palace Dames publicly declare that this Lafayette, detestable though he be, is their saviour for once. Even the ancient vinaigrous Tantes admit it. Examples from Classical Literature Not one-thousandth part as bad as the detestable mosquitoes on the shores of the Barbuda lagoon, they agreed. Men of ferocious concentration and women detestable in their purposefulness were to be seen through the passing windows. I am of opinion that pumping a leaky ship is the most detestable work in the world. The man must have been a detestable hypocrite, I think, had he not shown his vexation. Methought his detestable features at length enlarged, moved, and were writhen in mockery and scorn. But thou, detestable Nicias, thou art but a perfidious venom and a bitter poison. Exalted sentiments were not to his credit when lip service made them detestable. But of all the ill-tempered, bearish, detestable men I ever met in my life, he is the worst. You've been praising me for the last ten minutes and I find your style detestable. It was natural for Uriah Heep to wriggle like an eel, but that did not make it any the less detestable. But in other cases, self-slaughter, to avoid trouble or the performance of inconvenient duty, is cowardly and detestable. His entrapment by the detestable Cora is so painful that perhaps I was glad to think it also slightly incredible. John Lateran, and Peppino, called Rocca Priori, convicted of complicity with the detestable bandit Luigi Vampa, and the men of his band. He was absolutely, on this occasion, a living, detestable, dangerous presence. I had much ado to defend myself against these detestable animals, and could not forbear starting when they came on my face. I know thee not, nor ever saw till now Sight more detestable then him and thee. But you have also the soul of cartouche, which is detestable. According to the caliph, these are stinginess, haughtiness, and cowardliness, qualities detestable in a man. Above the general din he heard the detestable voice of the turnkey. She was blameless, of course, but he was detestable beyond all count. Show More Sentences The rest of this detestable thought was expressed by a hideous smile. Wretch that I was to harbour that detestable idea for a moment! They are a detestable persecution when a minority promotes them. He is a bad egg, one of the very worst, a pretty detestable specimen. It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family. And certainly, when work is made detestable by slavery, there is no art. Gott strafe the English, and in particular your detestable little boy. Twice I invaded his office with a bag full of the spelicans needed in this detestable game, and a vocabulary to match. The mob even began to vent its rage by inveighing against the iniquitous judges, who had allowed such a detestable criminal as the villain Cornelius to get off so cheaply. And will any one say that he is not a miserable caitiff who remorselessly sells his own divine being to that which is most godless and detestable? Not unless we can contrive to pay off that detestable mortgage. Fresh in the memory of the Athenians, and detestable as they deserved to be to the newly restored democracy, were the names of Alcibiades, Critias, Charmides. If the room had suddenly been flooded with electric light, I couldn't have seen more clearly the detestable bearded countenance that I knew was bending over me. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of detestable? Words that rhyme with detestable What is the adverb for detestable? What is the noun for detestable? Translations for detestable Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words detest detersive deters deterritorialization deterring deterrents detestably detestation detested detesting detests dethrone 10-letter Words Starting With d de det dete detes detest detesta detestab detestabl