ANATHEMA in a Sentence

Learn ANATHEMA from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for ANATHEMA, such as:
1. Credit controls are anathema to the government.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ANATHEMA
anathema
 n.  a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
 n.  a detested person
Classic Sentence:
1  Though it was now dark, I knew he was awake; because I heard him fulminating strange anathemas at finding himself lying in a pool of water.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence:
1  To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.
2  Only by silencing his critics can he hope to introduce the tax hikes, labour reforms and privatisations which were ordered by the Troika but are anathema to most of his party.
3  Credit controls are anathema to the government.