But what I detest is the attitude you display in your responses … …. patronising and belittling. From Wordnik.com. [All We Ever Wanted Was Everything « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Dixon, "detest" and whine to your heart's content. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
She hated an 'detest' both of them an 'all de fambly. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2] Reference
Another thing I equally detest is vivisection. From Wordnik.com. [The Drama as a Factor in Social Progress] Reference
1212 Speaker John Bercow tells MPs to keep quiet, saying the public "detest" raucous behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
When Americans detest their jobs, they tend to quit. From Wordnik.com. [Fun Ethic Vs. Work Ethic?] Reference
Instead, people will see a symbol of something they detest. From Wordnik.com. [The Darden Dilemma] Reference
These people detest McCain because liberals don't hate him. From Wordnik.com. [The Conservative Conundrum] Reference
I loathe her; I detest her, her and her whole classy family. From Wordnik.com. [A Frog in a Well] Reference
I do not detest a man because he knows life a little, do you?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"I detest nothing so much as to appear to put myself forward.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
I detest the demons who performed this unspeakable evil against us. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: Sharply Divided Views On Afghan War Crim] Reference
You do not know how I detest the country, partridges, rabbits and all. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Do not allow yourself to become soured and detest and shun association. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Ted didn't say anything, he didn't like the word “detest”. From Wordnik.com. [My Lucky Tooth] Reference
He points down and seems to enjoy and detest watching her eyes widen. From Wordnik.com. [Let Us Pretend] Reference
They detest the United Nations, the WTO and all multilateral organizations. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle In The Mosh Pit] Reference
You detest state affairs: I will leave them and devote myself solely to you. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Petty could just as easily been doing something he seems to detest: talking about himself. From Wordnik.com. [In concert: Tom Petty at Jiffy Lube Live] Reference
Politicians detest the demands of transparency and accountability that often come with multinationals. From Wordnik.com. [The Production Crunch] Reference
In 2005, the Pledge's advocates tried to eliminate the social program they detest most, Social Security. From Wordnik.com. [Pat Choate: Washington's Deficit Games] Reference
I detest selfishness, and you have been so kind to Louisita, and she is aware how precious Cora is to us. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
Thou shalt detest it as dung, and shalt utterly abhor it as uncleanness and filth, because it is an anathema. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 05: Deuteronomy The Challoner Revision] Reference
Keep a reading notebook and start writing reviews of the books that you adore or detest, stating clearly why. From Wordnik.com. [Anis Shivani: What Is the State of American Poetry? Leading American Poets Speak] Reference
And the Lord sent a very evil spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem; who began to detest him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges The Challoner Revision] Reference
People hate to pay the bills for other people's improvidence, and they detest having to do so for rich people. From Wordnik.com. [A Lonely Success] Reference
Palin's motherly, family-values, fundamentalist pitch fascinates even those who personally detest her message. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Time to Rethink Palin] Reference
Well, that's been more elusive, bestowed only grudgingly by those who simultaneously respect, detest and envy him. From Wordnik.com. [Murdoch, Ink.] Reference
"I detest fundamentalism and communalism," writes Nasrin in the introduction to the English translation of "Lajja.". From Wordnik.com. [Escape From Fanaticism] Reference
I thought at first you meant to affect the generous in order to oblige me to be grateful, which is a thing I detest. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Sometimes I am even confounded with Graves, whom, as an author, I detest; my "Tin Trumpet" being ascribed to him, and his. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
Well, I detest Dobbs; but you have the advantage of me, for you can change yours without much trouble, 'replied the Captain. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
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