How to Use despise in a Sentence

despise

verb

• She was despised as a hypocrite.
• I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!
• Surely the first thing a Juve fan learns is to despise Inter, and this kid’s parents must have taught him well.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• For Trump, who obviously despises the press, the irony has got to be grating.
  — vanityfair.com, 12 July 2017
• Mr Trump’s principle is to despise anything that Mr Obama held dear.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
• Crowd members targeted the mostly white cops, who were despised in the black community after decades of abuse.
  — Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2017
• Before, pineapple pizza wasn’t an option because Mark despised it.
  — Savanna Swain-Wilson, SELF, 23 Aug. 2017
• Fans despised keeping the veteran Bullock over the rookie.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• The railroad has launched a new advertising campaign focused heavily on why so many airlines have been despised by so many for so very long.
  — Justin Bachman, Bloomberg.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• Yes, the film is razzing the corporate frameworks around these beloved (or sometimes despised) enterprises.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024
• And for Trump, in this moment, that may mean making deals with members of the party whose former leader many of his supporters despised deeply.
  — Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
• Yasmin despises her father for having affairs but relies on him financially.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
• But he was despised by Thailand’s pro-establishment elites and allegations of corruption followed.
  — Helen Regan, Time, 24 Aug. 2017
• The only problem: most of the fey despise humans, especially Prince Cardan, the enchanting son of the High King.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
• The man abhors them the same way the Longhorns despise the Sooners.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 11 Apr. 2020
• But Brown despises the sight of Davis when its time to work.
  — J.l. Kirven, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2019
• The three subjects despise the film and want nothing to do with it.
  — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2020
• Even when a wide swath of the NFL fan base despises this guy?
  — Peter King, SI.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Today the world is learning to fear us and to despise us.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 21 July 2019
• The couple first met in 2012 on the set of the sci-fi drama Her, but Phoenix thought Mara despised him.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Revered in Tehran, he was despised throughout much of the region.
  — Time, 3 Jan. 2020
• Meanwhile, the smug parishioners despise the poor folks around their fine church.
  — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2021
• There’s just one problem: Most of the United Kingdom seems to despise the plan.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 27 Nov. 2018
• But for now, the Force is with those who despise overwhelming crowds.
  — Scott Craven, azcentral, 3 July 2019
• Even the Blues Brothers had enough moral sense to despise Illinois Nazis.
  — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2022
• The crimes were denied, the murders hidden, the survivors judged and despised.
  — Ivan Quintanilla, National Geographic, 22 June 2019
• The players despise you, the fans pour beer all over your clothes, and the real announcers up in the booth look down on you.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022
• The event that most male gymnasts despise is his calling card.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
• Golf represents a half-dozen things I was raised to despise.
  — Zach Baron, GQ, 2 July 2018
• Whether those programs despise Harbaugh or not isn't the point.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2018

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024