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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One person's hateful actions should not negatively impact the way our community views the rest of our staff.
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Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
But there’s something distinctly uncomfortable, even obscene, about so much hateful scrutiny of a character who is likely to be seen as like the author’s son.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
For others — including many Republicans — the word is a hateful slur that causes real harm to real people.
—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
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Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
But there’s something distinctly uncomfortable, even obscene, about so much hateful scrutiny of a character who is likely to be seen as like the author’s son.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
For others — including many Republicans — the word is a hateful slur that causes real harm to real people.
—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
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“Hateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hateful. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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