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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Columnist Joe Gerth wonders what his mother, a member of a church that stands against hateful immigration policies, thinks.
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Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Investigators are still trying to identify and stop a rogue user from transmitting antisemitic and hateful messages over police, fire and emergency radios.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
People also can pass out political literature and engage in hateful speech for the most part.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 26 Feb. 2026
Coventry said at a news conference last week that the IOC has a safeguarding unit that monitors the organization’s social media platforms for hateful messages.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Investigators are still trying to identify and stop a rogue user from transmitting antisemitic and hateful messages over police, fire and emergency radios.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
People also can pass out political literature and engage in hateful speech for the most part.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 26 Feb. 2026
Coventry said at a news conference last week that the IOC has a safeguarding unit that monitors the organization’s social media platforms for hateful messages.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hateful. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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