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Meanings of detest the idea in English

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Usage of detest the idea in English
1
We must go to a hotel after all, though I detest the idea.
Old Valentines / A Love Story
2
He detested the idea of playing a part to a boy.
In the Wilderness
3
He rather detested the idea though he was aware that the truth was unimpeachable.
The Head of the House of Coombe
4
Or perhaps they detested the idea of eating such a useful and tradeable commodity.
Empire of the Summer Moon
5
Hillary detested the idea, fought it tooth and nail.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
6
He was a boy with strong impulses, and he detested the idea of trifling with them.
One of Ours
7
But I always detested the idea of being called by the name of either of my masters.
Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
8
The lad detested the idea of becoming the husband of some rich girl who would remain at home.
Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories
9
Until I was about ten years of age, I perfectly detested the idea of taking a book into my hands.
The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton
10
Neither of them had any desire to see him; in fact, each detested the idea of confronting by any chance his hot, intolerant eyes.
The Shuttle
11
"I detest the idea of a Republic."
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
12
"Alathea, do you detest the idea of marrying me so much that you would rather break the whole thing?"
Man and Maid
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