Examples of hateful in a Sentence
the girl's classmates were bullying her online, sending her hateful e-mails and text messages
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For others — including many Republicans — the word is a hateful slur that causes real harm to real people.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Sure, this strategy went down in spectacular flames when said trans star turned out to have a long history of posting hateful messages (and lost).
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Dec. 2025
After the meeting, students opposed to the club began circulating the videos, calling Andreatta’s comments hateful and advocating for the club to be disbanded.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
There’s Wicks’s assistant Martha (a scene-stealing Glenn Close), nearly as hateful as her boss, and her partner Samson (Thomas Haden Church), the church’s groundskeeper.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Sure, this strategy went down in spectacular flames when said trans star turned out to have a long history of posting hateful messages (and lost).
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Dec. 2025
After the meeting, students opposed to the club began circulating the videos, calling Andreatta’s comments hateful and advocating for the club to be disbanded.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
There’s Wicks’s assistant Martha (a scene-stealing Glenn Close), nearly as hateful as her boss, and her partner Samson (Thomas Haden Church), the church’s groundskeeper.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hateful. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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