Sentence examples for in odious from inspiring English sources

The awful prospect of missing out on a chunk of our huge investment in rebuilding Iraq made them eager to consider forgiving billions in odious loans they had happily extended to Saddam's tyranny.

"We may disagree about gay marriage," he said, "but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are, whether it is right here in the United States or, as Hillary mentioned more extremely, in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda".

Credit to Daniel Radcliffe: after the spectacular success of the Harry Potter series there was probably a place for him as a sort of junior Hugh Grant, eking out a living in odious British rom-coms for the rest of his career.

Not in his person — he was a "big personality," in that odious phrase — but in his history, which is partial, almost phantasmagoric.

"We will be examining all those who have assisted in any way in this odious enterprise," he said.

It is infinitely better to suffer the few Fred Phelpses that will surely always exist than to live in a political environment in which odious speech is regulated by an officiating body.

In 1912, desperate for consensus, the film industry itself established the BBFC, persuading councils to defer to its authority by promising to limit such perceived indiscretions as "the unnecessary exhibition of under-clothing" and "subjects dealing with India, in which British Officers are seen in an odious light".

Not in his person — he was a "big personality," in that odious phrase — but….

(More sexism abounds in this odious picture.

"I won't be squandering my youth in these odious circumstances, and I can celebrate my twentieth birthday wearing civilian clothes".

"We shouldn't expect any more from a lifelong CND member and a leading light in the odious Stop the War group," the Sun's editorial said.