Examples of loathing in a Sentence
She expressed her intense loathing of his hypocrisy.
She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing.
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It’s taken me years to be able to overcome that psychology of self-loathing and victimhood.
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Yet extricated from that meta appreciation, the result is a work with a ton of questions about masculinity, sexuality, and self-loathing that are more interesting than any of its answers.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
For many athletes, an injury of this magnitude could lead them down a dark path of regret, anger and even self-loathing, but with help from his village at TCU, Ibukun-Okeyode was able to forge his own path.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026
Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Yet extricated from that meta appreciation, the result is a work with a ton of questions about masculinity, sexuality, and self-loathing that are more interesting than any of its answers.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
For many athletes, an injury of this magnitude could lead them down a dark path of regret, anger and even self-loathing, but with help from his village at TCU, Ibukun-Okeyode was able to forge his own path.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026
Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loathing. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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