How to Use loathing in a Sentence
loathing
noun
- She expressed her intense loathing of his hypocrisy.
- She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing.
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Loving and loathing, in the same place, at the same time.
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Paul Daugherty,
The Enquirer,
6 Apr. 2021
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The blend of love and loathing toward the show was, in a way, strange.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
28 Dec. 2021
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It’s about fear, loathing and pitfalls at the front door.
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Joseph Goodman | [email protected],
al,
1 Oct. 2020
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Those fears, those loathings of the stranger, never went away, of course.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
25 June 2018
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Self-loathing, and anger, and all of those highs and lows — of rage and putting my fist through a wall.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2021
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Or maybe the wrongness and the self-loathing—the whole bad-boy-on-the-rack routine—turn you on.
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Dan Savage,
Chicago Reader,
25 Apr. 2018
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They get lost in their fears and in old patterns of self-loathing.
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Jerry Colonna,
Quartz at Work,
14 June 2019
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His loathing of the press may not have been just fixed on the Capital.
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William Cummings,
USA TODAY,
29 June 2018
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Is there no help for Jack out of his muddle of self-loathing?
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Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Oct. 2020
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The self-loathing and lashing out, the truth and the lies — are these worth exploring anew?
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Michael Phillips,
chicagotribune.com,
29 Sep. 2020
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Fear and loathing are apt descriptors for the site, where the rancor of the far-right thrives.
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Bryan C. Parker,
Chron,
1 Dec. 2020
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If the Red Sox start off slowly, Cora will be able to share the loathing.
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Bob Nightengale,
USA TODAY,
12 Dec. 2017
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Self-doubt and loathing hound her and at times overwhelm the reader.
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Philly.com,
2 July 2017
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Nothing feels more right about X-Men ’97 than the loathing these men share.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2024
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The era of global free loathing, the president said is over.
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Fox News,
28 June 2018
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Self-loathing might kick-start a diet, but self-love opens the pathway to health.
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Washington Post,
11 May 2021
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His tantrum is equal parts fury, self-loathing, and a desire for love and approval.
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Katy Waldman,
Slate Magazine,
21 Mar. 2017
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Dinklage gives you his appeal and his sense of self-loathing.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2021
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Wharton was consumed with grief and shame and self-loathing.
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Matthew Van Meter,
The New Republic,
17 June 2019
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The thinking behind these efforts does have a whiff of self-loathing to it, doesn’t it?
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Vulture,
23 Feb. 2022
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Andres also shares Leo’s loathing for the Hard Rock Café.
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Andrew Altschul,
The New York Review of Books,
6 July 2020
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The film opens with a sequence that captures the fear and loathing of Monroe’s childhood.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2022
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The fear has hit hard, but the loathing could follow if things get really weird in the SEC over the new few weeks.
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Joseph Goodman | [email protected],
al,
12 Nov. 2020
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But compared to my knee-jerk process of judgment and self-loathing, RAIN is a big step up.
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Anna Borges,
SELF,
10 July 2020
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Some entrepreneurs view the prospect of a sales call with the same fear and loathing as having to face an IRS audit.
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Rhonda Abrams,
USA TODAY,
21 Apr. 2021
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There will be no fear but plenty of loathing in Las Vegas.
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Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2023
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No wonder Elrond spent the next few hundred years of his life loathing men.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2024
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Read: Sphere and loathing in Las Vegas One reason for this renaissance is the stultifying nature of listening to music in the era of streaming dominance.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2024
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