Sentence examples for I detest that from inspiring English sources
(A much less offensive one and a sentiment I can really get behind; I detest that ubiquitous herb).
What to make of the musings of the oracle who variously says, "I have no plans to retire; I detest that word" and "I don't like to work," then recalls the interminable days at Vogue when she lunched -- a peanut butter sandwich and a shot of scotch -- at her desk.
Brooke peered over my shoulder, saw the book and said firmly, "I detest that woman!" I reacted.
Much as I detest that overused adjective "awesome," it seems an appropriate word to describe the Canadian director Robert Lepage's recent staging of Wagner's "Ring" cycle at the Metropolitan Opera.
"I detest that repressive atmosphere, that coarseness... " These remarks were enough for Raoult to call on the French culture minister, Frédéric Mitterrand, to tell Goncourt laureates that they should be mindful of "national unity and the image of our country" when they speak.
Yet there is something almost poetic in Swift's anger at his native Ireland, "the most disagreeable place in Europe," "a wretched, dirty dog-hole and prison" where he expects to "die... in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole". But that was part of something greater: "Principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas and so forth...
But it was clear from the vehemence with which he spoke of "the louse I was, who I detested" that he viewed his youthful self as evil.
"I think people of faith see the sensationalizing of issues for political gain, and we despise that, detest that," Mr. Kirkland said.
Houellebecq, who was abandoned in favor of the hippie life by his own parents, professes to detest that decade's pretense to liberation.
While, because of my belief system, I detest anything that comes out of this man's mouth, he had a good point.
