How to Use hatred in a Sentence

hatred

noun
  • The war was fueled by hatreds that were centuries old.
  • This troubled city is filled with hatred, prejudice, crime, and fear.
  • She makes no attempt to conceal her hatred for her opponents.
  • He had an irrational fear and hatred of foreigners.
  • Racial hatred is a feature of about 10% of all mass public shootings in our database.
    Jillian Peterson, Chron, 15 May 2022
  • On his face is a terrible sort of hatred for the boy, and for the men, and for the senior soldier, and for himself.
    Keith Ridgway, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Like Mata de Gil, they were detained and charged with inciting hatred.
    Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Years of mud-slinging would follow and their hatred for each other seemed to only intensify.
    Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But racial hatred appears to be just one of many motivations cited by retail shooters.
    Jillian Peterson, Chron, 15 May 2022
  • Lapvona flips all the conventions of familial and parental relations, putting hatred where love should be or a negotiation where grief should be.
    The Atlantic, 16 May 2022
  • Authorities say the shooting was motivated by racial hatred.
    Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2022
  • Brown, the first Black mayor of Buffalo, said there was no place for this kind of hatred, calling yesterday's shooting unsettling.
    Aditi Sangal, CNN, 15 May 2022
  • In their view, the West is simply suffocating with hatred for Russians and everything Russian.
    Stanislav Kucher, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • The Buffalo incident is the latest high-profile mass shooting motivated by what authorities say is racial hatred.
    Victoria Albert, CBS News, 14 May 2022
  • But the point is that Putin has gone mad with hatred for Navalny.
    Anna Chernova, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The Duke of Sussex's hatred of the tabloid press is also weaved throughout the book.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Now, bigots are even more wrong and strong in their hatred.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
  • There’s a lot of hatred, and self-hatred, to contend with.
    Sheon Han, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
  • And the actual hatred of the News Feed was spreading—because of the News Feed.
    Wired Staff, Wired, 21 July 2022
  • But the priest cautions his parishioners that their anger must not turn to hatred.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • Those feelings surely washed over her in the aftermath — the hatred and the anger.
    Kevin McDonnell, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • That hatred has now put millions of lives at risk as the Russian war against Ukraine grinds on.
    Adam O’Neal, WSJ, 12 June 2022
  • So, this shame and hatred of self is something that’s deep rooted.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
  • The challenge comes as Asgard comes under threat from the Mangog, a beast made from all the hatred of the universe.
    Joe George, Men's Health, 8 July 2022
  • The report comes as events of hatred continue to play out.
    Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 June 2022
  • The hatred of the Jews did not shy away from thousands of dispossessions.
    Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • In this country, the pursuit of survival is not rewarded in the same way that the pursuit of hatred is.
    Mattie Kahn, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 June 2023
  • Their voices are music in the midst of hatred’s tinny sound, its harsh, brash words, threats of jail time and felony charges.
    Rev. Brenda Walker, al, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Relaxers don’t equate to self-hatred and healthy hair, kinks, and coils don’t equate to unkempt.
    Náosha Gregg, Glamour, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Tribalism forms connections based on ignorance and shared hatred.
    Dan Berger, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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