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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This is not the first time that Peacock has taken to social media to ask viewers to refrain from sending hateful messages.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Members of Community Board 12 alerted the 66th Precinct on Tuesday after the hateful graffiti was found peppered throughout the park.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Since 2004, Orange County also has been predominantly nonwhite, but some conservative families, such as Woodward’s, bond over a hateful ideology.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 Jan. 2026
On Monday, the mayors of Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County – both Jewish – publicly demanded accountability and called the incident hateful and unacceptable.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Members of Community Board 12 alerted the 66th Precinct on Tuesday after the hateful graffiti was found peppered throughout the park.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Since 2004, Orange County also has been predominantly nonwhite, but some conservative families, such as Woodward’s, bond over a hateful ideology.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 Jan. 2026
On Monday, the mayors of Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County – both Jewish – publicly demanded accountability and called the incident hateful and unacceptable.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hateful. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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