How to Use despicable in a Sentence

despicable

adjective

• She is a despicable traitor.
• Per the saga, this is when things went awry and a despicable spy saw the message.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• The events are despicable and have no place in our country.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 26 Oct. 2018
• But some movie theaters have found the trend despicable.
  — Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
• To have even one of those games ruined by these senseless acts is despicable.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2023
• This from a man who was found responsible for one of the more despicable acts in our lifetime.
  — Robin Abcarian Los Angeles Times (tns), Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
• Cole’s Paw Sidin is wily and despicable, though as cool as his long, blue buttoned jacket.
  — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• Is there anything more despicable than a New York City cop with an Irish surname?
  — Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
• That preying on the weakness of others is a despicable act.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 18 Aug. 2019
• This cowardly and despicable act of hate has no room in our lives or business.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 23 Nov. 2022
• Because the only thing more despicable than being young, gifted, and Black in this country is to be proud of those things.
  — Tamerra Griffin, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• The same hallowed grounds where over 1 million people were murdered is still the site of despicable and contemptible crimes.
  — Alan Goch, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• That's due to ongoing strikes and movements like #MeToo that have shed light on some of its most despicable aspects.
  — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• Their despicable comments just make my blood boil with anger.
  — CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
• His gloating just makes his last kill even more despicable.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 July 2019
• The blown postseason leads of Lob City were despicable.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2021
• New rulers rise up — some wise, some foolish, a few truly despicable.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
• Like that would be really hard to go out and compete in a Suns (uniform) knowing what the owner of the team is doing is just despicable.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
• Chris: This is a pretty despicable move because people are not elected to tow the party line, right?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
• The State of Texas will provide all resources necessary to impose the full weight of law on this criminal for his despicable crimes.
  — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
• This was a man who just two weeks prior referred to Saban as a despicable narcissist who needed to be slapped more as a child.
  — John Talty | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2022
• Orange High School lacrosse game was a despicable act and an outrage to the community.
  — cleveland, 25 May 2022
• Then came the George Floyd tragedy, the latest in a harrowing series of despicable African-American deaths.
  — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
• There are two characters left, and one of them continues to be despicable.
  — Vulture, 30 Sep. 2022
• Falsely claiming election fraud and praising even his most despicable followers is simply what the man does, and has done for the past four-odd years.
  — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 8 Jan. 2021
• Jones’ lawyer, Norm Pattis, conceded his client’s claims, that the school shooting was a hoax and the grieving parents were actors, is despicable.
  — Hartford Courant, 6 Oct. 2022
• Their faces, set in a soundless squawk, peer down at you, begging to be released from this tacky and despicable purgatory.
  — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 24 May 2021
• The characters are despicable but somehow likable thanks to the show’s great writing and acting.
  — Catherine O'Hara, Marie Claire, 8 Jan. 2020
• Judged solely by the severity of their crimes, many of the lawbreakers are overtly despicable.
  — Rachel Newcomb, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
• And credit is due to the Utah fans who notified security when the despicable slurs were hurled at Morant’s parents.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 June 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024