detest

How to use detest in a sentence

• In 1998, Hodges re-emerged practically from the ether with Croupier, in which Clive Owen gives a sterling performance as a coolly ambitious aspiring writer who, in order to make a living, returns to a line of work he both detests and excels at.

  The 19 Most Underrated Movies on Netflix | Stephanie Zacharek | October 26, 2021 | Time

• Shanghai’s detested social life was forgotten, as were the constant pressures to conform to etiquette, the responsibilities of clandestine activities, and the unnecessary worries about my son … I was no longer afraid.’

  The Mom Who Stole the Blueprints for the Atomic Bomb (The Freakonomics Radio Book Club Ep. 11) | Sarah Lyall | September 25, 2021 | Freakonomics

• She said she was undaunted and in fact eager to repair the reputation of a much-detested agency essential to the country’s operation.

  Margaret Richardson, IRS commissioner during Clinton’s first term, dies at 78 | Adam Bernstein | July 13, 2021 | Washington Post

• If you detest vegetables and love fruit, you may wonder if you can get your five daily servings from fruit alone.

  Which fruits and vegetables don’t count toward your ‘5 a day’? New study has answers. | Cara Rosenbloom | March 18, 2021 | Washington Post

• Designers detest knobs and buttons cluttering their sleek dashboards.

  Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E is an important leap into the future | Dan Carney | February 12, 2021 | Popular-Science