Sentence examples for detestable to from inspiring English sources

"EVEN if it did not sow the decay of the whole civilized life of Europe," an ominously prescient John Maynard Keynes wrote in 1919, it was "abhorrent and detestable" to impose financial reparations on Germany after World War I.

Leafing recently through titles like "Emergency Prayers" and "500 Questions & Answers from the Bible," two Chelsea women were appalled by passages that called homosexuality a "cancer," sinful and "detestable" to God.

Mr. Giuliani confirmed Monday, during a trip to help candidates in Iowa, that he was weighing a presidential bid and wondering if he stands a chance of victory, given that his support for abortion rights, gay rights and gun control is considered detestable to many Republican voters.

It's one way to solve the moral hazard that's at the heart of how insurers make money, and why they're so detestable to the general public.

Undesired by the Byzantines and "detestable to the Bulgarians", he deserted the Byzantine army and fled to Serbia to serve its ruler Stephen Dušan.

So, between violent images and sexual images, both of which are equally as detestable to the sufferer, parents with this form of OCD have a particularly tough road to travel.

While the eight-legged creatures are an awe-inspiring part of nature to many, they are a detestable pest to some – which is where a new shed comes in.

Women find that detestable, but to be confident in a subtle, yet detectable way (swagger), is often near to irresistible.

He would explain it ably, expounding upon profound issues at a high level, and owing to the depth of his enthusiasm for the subject he would chart a path from the detestable state to the regime that respects freedom of conscience and protects itself from coming under the aegis of one religion, one sect, or one school of law. .

Commercially made, bottled gefilte fish, sold in supermarkets, I found detestable compared to Helen's ambrosia.

Leviticus says that "whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales... they are detestable things to you".