How to use "detest" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "detest" in popular movie and book plots

  • She becomes the envy of Wendy, who begins to detest her ease.  - What to Expect When You're Expecting (film)
  • Beezel seems to detest Amy and anyone who comes between him and Anson, but Anson only sees Beezel as innocent.  - Movie 43
  • The inhabitants of the locality detest Jhumur's affinity with Rajat.  - Ekjon Jhumur
  • The men ogle her and the women detest her.  - Town on Trial
  • This only makes Jeeva detest Anbu further.  - Pasanga
  • He lives with his aging mother, Blanca, but they detest each other and argue constantly.  - Satanás
  • Ponni starts to detest Kumaran because of her new found tasks.  - Enkeyo Ketta Kural
  • Ram Din's family detest his presence, and call him "Dushman" (The enemy).  - Dushman (1972 film)
  • She and Ellen soon detest each other.  - Miss Grant Takes Richmond
  • Sir Humphrey explains that he and the Dean detest each other.  - The Bishop's Gambit
  • Isabelle returns to the apartment she shares with roommates, who all seem to detest her.  - Every Man for Himself (1980 film)
  • Either they like the man, and then a' goes fine; or else they just detest him, and ye may spare your breath – ye can do naething.  - Catriona (novel)
  • Ames is a boastful windbag whose wife begins to detest him.  - Tarzan the Magnificent
  • At first, she believes Kuryu's addition may help her chances but at the beginning of the series comes to detest Kuryu.  - Hero (2001 TV series)
  • Tartuffe's antics do not fool the rest of the family or their friends; they detest him.  - Tartuffe
  • In order to address discipline problems, Savage deals with everyone so harshly that the men begin to detest him.  - Twelve O'Clock High

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