To use a term detested by the fundamentalists, morality is "situational.". From Wordnik.com. [A Moral Philosophy for Progressives] Reference
My picture was caricatured, my name detested, my peace harassed. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
The remorseless Shamer, a name detested by the faithful, reproached their cowardice; and the grandson of. From Wordnik.com. [The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II] Reference
But Anne’s mother dies, and she inherits the family home in detested Lawrenceville, the town she was so desperate to leave. From Wordnik.com. [2010 February « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
This result doesn't mean Salmond is more "detested" than Brown and you know that. From Wordnik.com. [[salmond] don't count your chickens] Reference
And if they are our enemy in time of war, their tongue is "detested" by us, as ours is to them. From Wordnik.com. [“I am only a wild girl, and I am afraid of the world....”] Reference
They forced and bound me to a hard, detested craven. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
"Adieu, dearest-say, have you ever detested any one?". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He detested the noise and how expensive everything was. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Cacciatore: The Romantic Price of Being a New Yorker] Reference
Romans, he spoke kindly to the slave, and thus Nika detested her. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Most of all, he is detested in Britain for his lack of moral fiber. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Blair's Legacy] Reference
Marilyn started working again -- in Los Angeles, a town Joe detested. From Wordnik.com. [The Dimaggio Nobody Knew] Reference
Pa detested this "rotten lot" and Pa was not always in a good temper. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
When he was made to feel so unwelcome and detested, should he still remain?. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
Among her numerous antipathies, Mademoiselle de Corandeuil detested a beard. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But he detested Napoleon III., and he was at no pains to conceal his sentiments. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
First of all, I came to her to tell her that she was delivered from a detested past. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She almost detested herself for asking him this question, but she could not help it. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
Call me a curmudgeon, but I detested those forced moments of gaiety and collegiality. From Wordnik.com. [When You Just Don't Fit In At The Office] Reference
Wintour was both the most deified and detested power broker of fashion in those days. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Edna's Lace] Reference
Paul was an honest boy -- as honest as the day -- and detested falsehood of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
He detested swimming, and in any case, people rarely swim in North Korea in September. From Wordnik.com. [Powell Pulls Through] Reference
All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
They detested and despised both it and him, and they made known their feelings noisily. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
Surely no school subject has been more detested and reviled by its victims than grammar. From Wordnik.com. [Like I Said, Don't Worry] Reference
Were I in your place, I would receive his detested advances upon the point of this blade. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
He loved "car guys" and smart designers, detested accountants and bureaucrats and bumblers. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Flint, Dean Of Auto Writers, Dead At 79] Reference
With these words he put spurs to his horse, and was soon out of sight of the detested spot. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Covering her eyes, she applied herself with renewed vigour to the detested task before her. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
In her heart she detested the trees, the fields, the country roads that cover you with dust. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And I detested the 2004 movie of "Vanity Fair" starring Reese Witherspoon as a sassy Becky Sharp. From Wordnik.com. [Fine Films From British Books] Reference
He had in this way made many friends among the Parisian women -- a few only of whom detested him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He is widely detested not only for failing to put an end to Suharto-era corruption but also for losing East Timor. From Wordnik.com. [Duel Of The Shadow Puppets] Reference
In the end, he was free of the crowds that cheered and revered him, the crowds that made his fortune and that he detested. From Wordnik.com. [The Dimaggio Nobody Knew] Reference
Critics said Cheney stacked the agency with conservatives who had no scholarly credentials, and her enemies detested her style. From Wordnik.com. ['I Have Strong Opinions'] Reference
As a French citizen, I find Jean-Marie Le Pen racist rather than patriotic, and that is why he is detested by most people here. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Crisis] Reference
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