Sentence examples for the detestable from inspiring English sources

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the detestable

adjective

Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

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It will pave the way for the detestable injustices of the American two-tier system.

The detestable old tyrants were able to organise appointments to suit their own proteges, he wrote.

Nor has any alternative candidate offered a programme that addresses the detestable way Fifa does official business.

You can't conveniently separate yourself from the detestable part of him because you sense in him the promise of cultural or economic advantage.

Joe Moore's gang steals jewelry and then a great deal of gold, but spends less time pursuing valuables than putting on the detestable Jimmy.

Jim Broadbent and Juliet Stevenson are on Premiership form as the detestable Squeerses - and it's particularly good to see Stevenson getting a big-screen role worthy of her.

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The petition she signed claims: "The name of Bigeard is synonymous with the most detestable practices of the French Army".

This supporter can be the most detestable person in the eyes of the namazis, and worse, once his name is registered, whether he remains an imam or not will not depend on the namazis but the leaders of the ruling party through the government employees.

But despite his critique, the live music prototype that he described as "the truly detestable summer festival" in the ironically titled "The Campaign for Real Rock" has come to be the accepted way to do things.

General Brooks said, "The regime's use of the Ali Mosque for military purposes to trigger a coalition response is just the latest detestable example of the regime's strategy of deliberately putting sacred sites in danger".

A statement from the couple's lawyers condemns the latest reporting as "the most detestable voyeurism".

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