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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Faulkner's neighbors both loved and reviled him in the same breath.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another Bloomsbury hallmark was witty conversation and upper-class snobbery, which has made Bloomsbury reviled in some circles.
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His reward is to have been reviled, misrepresented and physically attacked.
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It was originally reviled, as the artists intended, for its rejection of conventional values of art and society.
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Old-fashioned church practices, with foot-stamping and arm-waving, were reviled.
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She found it impossible to settle after his visit, and spent the time until she went to bed silently reviling him.
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These often reviled one another bitterly and openly attacked the government beyond the bounds of reason.
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Why should people jump at the chance to become a member of a minority so despised and reviled in so many quarters?