How to Use loathe in a Sentence

loathe

verb
  • It was a habit his wife loathed.
  • I loathe having to do this.
  • They were rivals who truly loathed each other.
  • Love this shtick or loathe this shtick, you are no longer caught off guard by this shtick.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • There are those who loathe the excess of moisture in the air.
    — Jessica Lynne, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Love ‘em or loathe them this promises to be a must-watch duel.
    — Zack Jones, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • Like them or loathe them, at least bottle episodes can be defined.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Like them or loathe them, at least bottle episodes can be defined.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Centrists who loathe those policies praise his style.
    — Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Marinelli was loathe to use a high draft pick on the position.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2021
  • But the music lives on in tours by two people who loathe each other.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But the unions had come to loathe her for that work in particular.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The calls were dead ends, and Josiah came to loathe making them.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Law enforcement groups loathed it.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The novel asks us to love her for her acceptance rather than to loathe her for it.
    — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Now, many of those same neutral fans have instead come to loathe the Chiefs.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The economy and the public loathed this move.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The two cells had come to truly loathe each other, and Scott worked the rift on both ends.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Or why does this one employee loathe the idea of going back to the office?
    — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The boy is required to wear the mask all day, even outside at recess and is loathe to leave it off.
    — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2022
  • And one reason for that is because fans of other teams loathe the Chiefs.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
  • Duchamp left behind a legacy that people either love or loathe.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • And so we’re left with a nation divided, the in-flight chatters and those who loathe them.
    — Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • That means about a third of the people who live in Alex Jones’ own hometown loathe him.
    — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, 18 Apr. 2017
  • And that’s the thing—love it or loathe it, pumpkin spice sneaks its way into our lives one way or another.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So he is resented by the center left and center right, even as he is loathed by the far left and the far right.
    — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The Soviet Union loathed the plan and sought to suppress it with force.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Love it or loathe it, there’s a reason Eat, Pray, Love struck a chord with so many.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Nov. 2021
  • In 2025, though, the statistics loathed him.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The reason is that shaming can lead to more defensiveness or self-loathing on the part of the shamed.
    — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019

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