How to Use hatred in a Sentence

hatred

noun
  • The war was fueled by hatreds that were centuries old.
  • This troubled city is filled with hatred, prejudice, crime, and fear.
  • She makes no attempt to conceal her hatred for her opponents.
  • He had an irrational fear and hatred of foreigners.
  • This is a time where there is a lot of hatred and fear of one candidate or another.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
  • His answer was that his generation was raised on hate, but his experiences had taught him to let go of his hatred.
    Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Nothing in his record suggests that he was driven by a hatred for Trump or for conservatives.
    Lilliana Mason, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2024
  • This portal of hatred and vile jealousy and trollers’ insecurities.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2022
  • West brought this on himself and invited hatred of the Jewish community.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • That way authorities would have a legal instrument in place to punish platforms like X that fan the flames of ethnic hatred.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
  • For Davis, seeing the hatred directed toward Head on social media during the trial inspired her even more to take the part.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Too many of our political leaders and pundits sow hatred and division for their own gain without considering the consequences for their country.
    Sean Busick, al, 10 Oct. 2022
  • But making real art elicits hatred before indifference—because ultimately hate is still passion.
    Livia Caligor, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But the hatred for the show wasn't confined to rumors: Bob West, another performer who played the jolly purple dinosaur, detailed death threats against his entire family.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
  • But the antisemitic sentiment that Ye has been espousing is gross, and also gross in its casualness — familiar, tiresome tropes that serve only to incite hatred.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • But the point is that Putin has gone mad with hatred for Navalny.
    Anna Chernova, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The Duke of Sussex's hatred of the tabloid press is also weaved throughout the book.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Now, bigots are even more wrong and strong in their hatred.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
  • Those feelings surely washed over her in the aftermath — the hatred and the anger.
    Kevin McDonnell, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • So, this shame and hatred of self is something that’s deep rooted.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
  • The hatred of the Jews did not shy away from thousands of dispossessions.
    Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • In this country, the pursuit of survival is not rewarded in the same way that the pursuit of hatred is.
    Mattie Kahn, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 June 2023
  • While the first game focused on love and hope, the sequel centers more around hatred and revenge ...
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 19 Mar. 2023
  • In that 2021 case, the defendant doused a TriMet employee with milk in an act of racial hatred.
    Agreen, oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2023
  • For some kids, being caged up in such a world only deepened their fears and their hatred.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The Islamic Republic shouted its hatred of the West from the rooftops for decades.
    Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The business of trans hatred has affected me and my mission.
    Jeffrey Marsh, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The parade of so many songs about pain, hatred, and misery set this finale up to feel like true catharsis.
    Connor Ratliff, SPIN, 12 Feb. 2023
  • So, this shame and hatred of self is something that’s deep rooted within her.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 July 2024
  • Clearly, some fans are taking their hatred of high frame rate way too far.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 19 Dec. 2022

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