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Discover LudwigThe phrase "despicable for" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone's behavior or actions as morally reprehensible or distasteful. Example: "The politician's behavior was despicable for someone in a position of power and influence."
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A lot of people will think the Sun is despicable for exploiting this woman's grief.
On the same day last week that he unveiled a new ethics commission, McAuliffe called Puckett "despicable" for seeming to trade his Senate seat for job prospects.
Hillary Clinton last week said China and Russia are "despicable" for vetoing U.N. Security Council resolutions "while people are being murdered".
On this version of events, Jordan said it was "despicable" for Jones to have revealed the contents of a private conversation – and as the exchange became more heated, Jones responded by saying "you're a liar".
Afterwards, Tom Blenkinsop, Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, said it was "utterly despicable for Cameron to say that in any way shape or form that he is supporting steel if his government is actually blocking attempts at a European level to place tariffs at a far higher rate on steel-dumping nations like China".
Leonardo DiCaprio was called "despicable" for turning down a role in a Sony Pictures film.
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People around the world are coerced to fish and farm, mine and manufacture, their handlers - "labor brokers" who connect the desperate-for-work to the despicable-for-profit - seeking to make money in what's been estimated by the ILO to be a worldwide industry of more than $30 billion.
The defence secretary, Philip Hammond, brought it the boil by a despicable justification for war without end.
But, as ever, he evades any charge of being downright despicable (as, for example, Henry most certainly is).
We should frankly throw back at God this gift of His: this despicable struggle for existence, which in any case ends in defeat.
"In my opinion, he is a disgusting, despicable excuse for a human being, and he should have been removed from the church years ago," Dean Cardone said in a telephone interview last week.
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