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'despise' in a sentence

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despise verb

: look down on with disdain


  • He denied he despised her.
  • They despise other countries. I despise all countries.
  • To tell the truth, I despise him.
  • He despises people of a lower social class.
  • Tonight you're gonna see why I despise that woman.
  • They don't despise you.
  • He and I despised her.
  • I still despise those people.
  • I hate and despise mosquitoes.
  • I utterly despise formal writing!
  • The medieval church despised the body and exalted the spirit.
  • You despise Nick, don't you?
  • The learned are apt to despise the ignorant.
  • Danger comes soonest when it is despised.
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