How to Use odious in a Sentence

odious

adjective

• It was one of the most odious crimes of recent history.
• Hypocrisy is the most odious trait highlighted in the book.
  — Michael Bobelian, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022
• This is a Trojan horse for the most odious of mythologies.
  — David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 29 June 2023
• For one thing, Staten Island was once home to the world's largest and most odious trash dump.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• For one thing, Staten Island was once home to the world’s largest and most odious trash dump.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2018
• By the end, the writing has become both tedious and odious.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
• But those of us who find Trump odious are not living in a silo.
  — Roxane Gay, Fortune, 13 May 2023
• The response from the right has, thus, been to largely ignore the odious substance of the draft itself.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 May 2022
• For one thing, the characters are, on the whole, rather nicer (though Cameron is very much cut from the same odious cloth as Shane, and Tanya is still Tanya).
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2022
• Of all the non-competitive nonsense of the last few years, the blatant tanking was not the most odious.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• Briggs claimed that being gay was a lifestyle choice, and an odious one at that.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• The two publications’ rants against VCs are odious, as well.
  — Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• There are even lawful ways to change or reverse odious Supreme Court precedents.
  — David French, National Review, 11 Dec. 2017
• Optimists hope that Tokayev will expunge the most odious elements of the Nazarbayev era.
  — Nargis Kassenova, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2022
• But worse is that Mr. Trump hasn’t admitted his mistake in hosting the men or distanced himself from the odious views of Mr. Fuentes.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
• Now, some will say that Black Americans have been so traumatized by the odious uses of the word that the very sound of it causes distress.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• Name three Americans so odious that they should be set adrift in a dinghy in the Arctic Circle with enough food and water to only last 24 hours.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 17 July 2024
• Name three Americans so odious that they should be set adrift in a dinghy in the Arctic Circle with enough food and water to only last them 24 hours.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 15 May 2024
• The only really odious members of the party will, of course, be those termed the Young, who are almost certain to prove fast, rude, and self-assertive.
  — Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
• Almost everyone can agree that the Daily Stormer is an odious hate site, but critics have warned of a slippery slope.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2017
• This seems like an odious work-around for an expensive scope, but not all of us can afford expensive scopes.
  — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2020
• There’s plenty of nights where the game’s modern trappings can be annoying, even odious.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 9 July 2019
• The President of the United States is a white supremacist and a racist, just like his odious father was before him.
  — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Khloé earned money for an odious program called Revenge Body.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 20 July 2023
• But then Charlie’s father dies, and to pay his debts, Charlie is forced to work for the odious Cap’n Buck, an evil plantation overseer and slave catcher.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 15 Nov. 2018
• In this Henry Willson saga, catch and kill has an especially sort of odious place in his career.
  — Lauren Ames, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
• In the wake of these odious media machinations, there can be only willing naïveté among the populace.
  — Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2023
• Though Nick just wants to make amends, his cousin, the odious buffoon Edison Cheng, is dead set on preventing a reunion that might weaken his shot at the estate.
  — Steph Cha, USA TODAY, 23 May 2017
• Bad enough, but holding Wu responsible for odious comments made decades ago by the parent of a close friend is a stretch, as Essaibi George has to know.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• For three consecutive weekends, hate groups waving swastika flags and throwing up the Nazi salute have made odious appearances around Nashville.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024