verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
man
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But if she let fitzAlan carry her off and marry her she would be completely powerless against a man who despised her.
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For there her body lies, side by side with Carlisle Graham, a man she despised .
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Married to a man I despise just to have a roof over my head and a ring on my finger!
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Wasn't Rune Christensen as much a player of games as the man he purported to despise ?
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She could not conceive the feelings of a woman who carried the child of a man she despised .
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How could she, even fleetingly, entertain such a thought for a man who despised her so deeply and so openly?
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She, in turn, marries a man she despises to ensure that Laurel will leave and go to her father.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I felt that the other kids despised me for having the wrong accent and the wrong colour skin.
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If you fly a lot on business, then you probably despise most airports.
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Otis despised inherited wealth and social class.
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We were brought up to despise the people from the poor side of town. They seemed so dirty and ignorant.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For there her body lies, side by side with Carlisle Graham, a man she despised.
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How I had despised his brutishness then, and how I longed for his toughness, his uncomplicated, animal certainty now.
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No wonder Adam had seemed at times to hate her, certainly to despise her.
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Not that I know much about him, just that my philosophical friend Kevin Rice despised him.
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The Earth, and the Goddess, become fearful as well as despised.
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They despised the idea and even the word innovation.
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We become a piece of all that we despise .