How to Use hatred in a Sentence

hatred

noun
  • The war was fueled by hatreds that were centuries old.
  • This troubled city is filled with hatred, prejudice, crime, and fear.
  • She makes no attempt to conceal her hatred for her opponents.
  • He had an irrational fear and hatred of foreigners.
  • What does the hatred say about us?
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This is just straight-up rank hatred.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This play doesn’t drum up hatred.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Jew-hatred doesn’t stop with a threat.
    Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • But it was inspired out of just seething hatred.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Was there a true hatred or deep respect?
    Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
  • Her hatred burned hot, at her sport and at her sponsors.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Looking at me with pure hatred.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There wasn’t any hatred behind it.
    Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • Over the years there have been many moments that have sparked the flame for this hatred.
    Jeff Bartlett, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2021
  • Culture cannot be a space for those who exploit it to spread hatred.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
  • But the weather is abysmal, so hatred of gloom is not an option.
    Hannah Aizenman, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The hatred that has seeped into our culture must stop.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Come for the cast, stay for the hatred of Neeson's crooked con.
    Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • Fear of death is passive; hatred of death is active.
    Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • His pain turns to hatred, and with that, an intense urge for revenge.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 June 2026
  • So, this shame and hatred of self is something that’s deep rooted.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
  • But the priest cautions his parishioners that their anger must not turn to hatred.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • Democrats, blinded by their hatred of him, have ignored this.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Proof that the babies aren’t born with hatred in their bellies and in their blood.
    Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Decades of hatred over this wrongdoing aren’t even enough.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The hatred then, in Henry’s face.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • His first target of hatred and disdain?
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But the point is that Putin has gone mad with hatred for Navalny.
    Anna Chernova, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • My darling, hatred takes the beauty away.
    Tracee Ellis Ross, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That kind of struggle is rooted in love, in the face of extreme hatred.
    Dahlia Krutkovich, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2026

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