Sentence examples for despicable portrait from inspiring English sources

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Beck devoted time on a whopping 16 shows to crafting a distorted, despicable portrait of Van that few who know him would recognize.

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Monstrous Roman emperors like Caligula and Nero are among the subjects of a show focused on depictions of rulers so despicable that their sculptured portraits and their images on coins were sometimes disfigured or reworked into the likeness of a successor or revered predecessor.

This accomplished performance, the first Oscar-worthy Besthector of the year, begs the question, can an Academy Award go to a portrait of a despicable character?

The dictator whose portrait emerges from those ­tropical-flower sentences is monstrous and despicable — yet even his creepiest tyrannical traits are presented as signs of the human condition, deserving of pity and compassion, maybe even a kind of sorrowful love.

Brilliant or despicable?

Despicable — but not uncommon.

It's borderline despicable".

It's despicable".

That's utterly despicable.

It's pretty despicable".

"This man is despicable.

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