How to Use loathsome in a Sentence

loathsome

adjective
  • Platner is loathsome in so many ways.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
  • Some of the most loathsome of its dictates aren’t even legal.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Her family is loathsome, her lifestyle is ridiculous, and her job is a joke.
    — Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Her family is loathsome, her lifestyle is ridiculous, and her job is a joke.
    — Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Maxwell comes off as both pathetic and loathsome.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
  • And that’s an explosive wrap for Harley, the loathsome little weasel.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Phoebe forces absinthe down his throat, and the one-percenters start competing to see who can be the most loathsome.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Strong's fans make their presence known for the lovably loathsome underdog.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Marshall Chen was a loathsome man who everyone had reason to kill.
    — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2023
  • The jokes are borne out of pure loathing, spat directly at loathsome people, with no moment of reprieve.
    — Dave Holmes, Esquire, 6 Apr. 2017
  • The Safdies mine for what lies beneath Howard's loathsome behavior.
    — Sonia Rao, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Needless to say, no one who has any standards whatsoever should want to have anything to do with these loathsome cretins.
    — The Editors, National Review, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The entire team knew the assignment would be both dangerous and loathsome for Owen.
    — Carrie Teegardin, Doctors & Sex Abuse, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
  • Stewart once called Hannity the ‘‘most loathsome dude’’ at Fox News.
    — Samantha Schmidt, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Somehow the reader winds up rooting for this loathsome protagonist in its quest for answers.
    — Liz Braswell, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Nothing will turn your heart a deeper shade of black than daily interactions with some of the most loathsome people on the planet.
    — Chris Jones, Esquire, 31 Mar. 2011
  • One of the most loathsome critiques of consent culture is that explicit consent takes the thrill out of seduction.
    — Tina Horn, Allure, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The self-importance of the Dallas Cowboys is never less than loathsome.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The commercial aspects and government urging the killing along drove the force of loathsome buffalo killers.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • As the Web keeps expanding faster and faster, it’s become saturated with lies and errors and loathsome ideas.
    — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Of all the recent trends in modern news media, few are as loathsome as the press taking its editorial cues from Twitter.
    — Becket Adams, National Review, 25 June 2023
  • If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
  • If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2024
  • If going through boxes is a particularly loathsome task, set a timer once a week for 30 minutes to start hacking away one cardboard box at a time.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Meanwhile, commuters with horror stories about plopping down on a CTA seat soaked with a loathsome liquid aren't hard to come by.
    — John Greenfield, Chicago Reader, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The core of this loathsome assault is that Sohn serves on the board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Before his massive turnaround to become the heart and soul of the show Girls, his character was one of the most loathsome people on TV.
    — Jordan Crucchiola, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2014
  • More loathsome than a couple of Whisperer rejects trying to survive is the punk-ass teen gang terrorizing A-town.
    — Richard Rys, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2021
  • When her loathsome brother Curtis (Desmond Eastwood) goes missing, Doireann emerges from hiding with vengeance in her heart.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024

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