How to Use hate in a Sentence

hate

1 of 2 noun
Definition of hatenext
Synonyms for hatenext
  • They have been unable to overcome their hates and fears.
  • These crimes are motivated by prejudice and hate.
  • There's a lot of hate in this world and a lot of anger.
    — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The racists and the we-hate-PC crowd would buy that gear by the truckload.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2018
  • My mother, who taught me to love even in the face of hate.
    — PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • The hate crimes on top of that can be used to augment the sentence.
    — CBS News, 27 Nov. 2022
  • There’s no room in this race — or our state — for this hate.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
  • The United States doesn’t have laws against hate speech.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The amount of hate in this world is completely flushed by the love.
    — Christina Schoellkopf, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The best way to fight hate is to prevent it from taking root in the first place.
    — Sam Gill, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Ntim, who is half Black and half white, said Trump fanned hate.
    — John Reinan, Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • It can't be seen as being a den for hate groups and scam artists.
    — Author: Conor Sen, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Achieving that level of buy-in might make some of the hate go away.
    — The New Yorker, 4 July 2021
  • Even sadder: some of the hate came from the parents of his classmates.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 1 May 2018
  • There's no hate in our hearts, that's just too heavy of a burden to bear.
    — Fox News, 8 May 2018
  • There's a thin line between love and hate, the saying goes.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Georgia is one of four states in the nation that does not have a hate crimes law.
    — Leon Stafford, ajc, 9 June 2020
  • But just to tell the hate group to stop using your image is an easy thing to do.
    — Lilian Min, Cosmopolitan, 4 Sep. 2017
  • My mother taught me that much of our world was built on the backs of others — and on hate.
    — Kanyinsola Oye, Teen Vogue, 29 Mar. 2019
  • It’s hard to forgive and let go of hate that’s defined you for most of your life.
    — Zito Madu, GQ, 26 June 2018
  • Again, that could be true, but did Ben Wallace get this kind of hate?
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Trump spews hate — hate of immigrants and of Democrats.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • If smearing Asians this way isn’t hate speech, then what is?
    — Carly Roman, Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2021
  • What a bummer that someone would go to such great lengths to spread hate.
    — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2020
  • With live crowds, the Giants would have received some hate.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • There’s got to be love for something and there’s got to be a certain amount of hate for it as well.
    — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • But such hate isn't as clean-cut as some polling suggests.
    — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Losing her has put a new lens on my eyes on the amount of hate that exists in our world.
    — Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Salman experienced a higher degree of support, but another level of hate as well.
    — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The conviction comes as civil rights leaders decry a record-high level of Islamophobic hate incidents in the United States.
    — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
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hate

2 of 2 verb
  • What is it that you hate about him most?
  • I hate the idea of leaving my mother alone all week.
  • He was a cruel tyrant who was hated and feared by his people.
  • They hate being apart from each other.
  • She hated them for betraying her.
  • They were political rivals who truly hated each other.
  • Send tips, questions and hate mail to [email protected].
    — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The meet was held in the kind of weather that most sprinters hate.
    — Joe Magill, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The guys hate trap game talk ... but there could be something to this.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Kind of hate it for him, but at the same time that’s the nature of this business.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2021
  • And wanting to find that balance of you love to hate Zeus.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The first is grounded in the fact that coaches hate to tip their hands.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Miss Manners hates to be the one to tell you, but this bride is no friend.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • And, hate him or love him, Devin Haney ain’t tellin’ nothin but the truth.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • When the lifeboat is full, those who hate life will try to load it with more people and sink the lot.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Bankers hate turning to the Fed for short-term funding.
    — David Benoit, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
  • And the story had a bad guy that the public was already primed to hate.
    — Gabriel Popkin, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Don’t hate yourself if the duck reminds you of your ex.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The beauty of now is that some people will hate our show and that’s fine.
    — Kelly MacLean, Los Angeles Magazine, 16 Jan. 2018
  • This starts with making trans erasure, and trans hate a thing of the past.
    — Imara Jones, CNN, 25 June 2021
  • Here's what drivers love and hate about the pivotal car.
    — Josh Petri, Bloomberg.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Love it or hate it, And Just Like That... will be back for a third season.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Stain your pants with this stuff and your real dog will love and hate you.
    — cleveland, 11 May 2022
  • Fans had the sense that Brian hated Smile and didn’t want to even talk about it.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
  • So many people have been taught to hate, taught from the cradle.
    — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This program helps me to love the person and hate the disease.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Others hate it worse than tax day or ketchup on a hot dog.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 10 Mar. 2021
  • They’ve been conditioned to hate all things red and black.
    — David Whitley, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Matzo and its accessories Love it or hate it, matzo is essential for seder and all eight days, so stock up.
    — Devra Ferst, Bon Appétit, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Also, everybody in the UAP watch group hated the lieutenant.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2024

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