Despicable Sentence Examples

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  • Yes, what she did early on was despicable in our minds, but put yourself in her position.

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  • My father did it because, to him, lying was so despicable he was forced to respond in a like manner.

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  • Her despicable behavior earned her nothing but some time in jail.

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  • Though I so love him and trust his every word, I can't help but tremble at even the prospect I shall at last exchange this soiled and despicable life for another.

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  • This did not appear the worst, nor by any means a despicable alternative.

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  • Though one of the worst of ministers, Bute was by no means the worst of men or the despicable and detestable person represented by the popular imagination.

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  • I later discovered that her promise had been a despicable lie.

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  • After Raquel's despicable actions, I had to ask her to leave the party.

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  • We must confront Claudia before she continues to exhibit these despicable behaviors.

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  • This opportunity might be a turning point in his poor, despicable life.

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  • He was a despicable man, disliked by everyone in the neighborhood.

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  • Hamilton was by no means devoid of sense and acuteness, but in character he was one of the most despicable men then alive.

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  • He had shown himself so incapable and apathetic that his followers were sick of fighting for such a despicable master.

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  • His actions throughout his time in office proved him to be a despicable man.

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  • How could she have done something so despicable?

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  • Detective Sergeant Pete Hill from Nuneaton CID said, " This was a totally despicable act for which there can be no excuse.

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  • How such a mean and abject character submitted to remain five years in prison rather than change his principles is not very clearly explained; and as to his being despised, we have seen already that neither Henry nor Mary considered him by any means despicable.

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  • What makes the whole thing even more despicable is the ever-so-slightly racist undertones of the suggestion.

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  • Then you'd have this guy who was incredibly charming all the time who was actually doing something despicable.

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  • He said This is utterly despicable letter to send.

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  • As I will explain, the practice of racially-based vote suppression is not only morally despicable and illegal.

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  • Miranda's movie career is also taking off with her next big film, Despicable Me set for release in 2010.

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  • Patriarch John Abbott died, leaving his children bereft and at the mercy of his despicable last wife Gloria.

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  • Last night's attack is particularly despicable and there should be due equality and respect for all graves.

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  • There are many Terrorists in the world today and some of them are guilty of some truly despicable crimes.

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  • The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies was a volume of serious verse, in which Hood showed himself a by no means despicable follower of Keats.

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  • After that he forced a quarrel on a trivial bit of hearsay (that Hamilton had said he had a " despicable " opinion of Burr); and Hamilton, believing as he explained in a letter he left before going to his death - that a compliance with the duelling prejudices of the time was inseparable from the ability to be in future neither wanted war; and indeed Jefferson, throughout life, was the more peaceful of the two.

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  • Nevertheless he makes some attempt at a systematic arrangement of birds, which, according to his lights, is far from despicable.

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  • It was impossible, indeed, to resist openly so highly gifted and so popular a sovereign; it was only by the despicable expedient of assassination that the last great monarch of Sweden was finally removed, to the infinite detriment of his country.

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  • His voice work appears in a number of animated films such as Over the Hedge and Despicable Me. Carell has won many awards for his work, including a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Michael Scott on The Office.

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  • All other acquirements were despicable, compared to it.

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  • You can stick your despicable little gutter rag were the Sun don't shine!

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  • They had shown ` mean despicable disloyalty ' and it was impossible for him to work with them.

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  • The innumerable reliefs of the XIXthXXth Dynasty temples are only of historic interest, and are all despicable in comparison with earlier works.

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