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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dislike
Noun
As the title suggests, the novel follows a When Harry Met Sally pattern of mutual dislike to friends to lovers. EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025 But then why the good assumptions about his motives fighting this war rather than his own political troubles and the dislike of Palestinians? Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
Gabby dislikes Sebastian, perceiving him as an entitled womanizer. EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025 These were people Jason disliked. Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dislike
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislike
Noun
  • The attack prompted international condemnation, and was even met with disapproval from the United States, an ally of both Israel and Qatar.
    Daniel Estrin, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • More broadly, last month, a Quinnipiac poll revealed that the president has a 37 percent approval rating versus a 55 percent disapproval rating, a new low for his second term from that pollster.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Xiaoxuemeng Baggy Barrel Pants The pants have a curved seam that gives the legs that barrel or lantern-like shape that people currently love (or hate).
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There were people who loved it, and people who absolutely hated it — most especially [former New York Observer critic] Rex Reed.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Six separate receivers have caught touchdown passes already this season, a stark difference from a season ago when Green was criticized for being too reliant on a small number of playmakers.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Like Kennedy, Anderson was criticized over the eight-minute tape, which was meant for private consumption and created by consenting spouses.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Foreign perpetrators have been linked to previous acts intended to incite hatred.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The left is always, at all times and places, a violent phenomenon full of hatred.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While Packers fans loved every second of the play, Diggs voiced his displeasure on social media.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The news was, understandably, upsetting and customers took to Reddit to express their displeasure in the new policy.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Democrats have long conceded that the party needs a new vision after voters soundly rejected their presidential ticket last fall, and internal squabbles about the party’s future have spilled out into the public.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • China has rejected the accusation and accused the Philippines of damaging the coral reef ecosystem in the waterway instead.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cornell students, alumni and other Reddit users have largely expressed their distaste for the incident.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At a single, two-minute dinner, Hermann Kafka smashes a cockroach while denigrating his son’s engagement to Felice Bauer before reiterating his distaste for Franz’s writing.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Addressing supporters Saturday in the heart of his district, Kansas City’s longtime Democratic congressman and former mayor denounced Missouri lawmakers’ plan to dilute the city’s voting power by carving it up into three Republican congressional districts.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In the past, Newsom denounced judges who ruled against them as toadies of the firearms industry.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Dislike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislike. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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