ODIOUS in a Sentence
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26 example sentences for ODIOUS, such as:
1. Pray do not talk of that odious man.
2. The sight of Miss Lucas was odious to her.
3. An odious, little, pert, unnatural, impudent girl.
4. Mr. Woodley seemed to me to be a most odious person.
5. A flash of odious joy appeared upon the woman's face.
2. The sight of Miss Lucas was odious to her.
3. An odious, little, pert, unnatural, impudent girl.
4. Mr. Woodley seemed to me to be a most odious person.
5. A flash of odious joy appeared upon the woman's face.
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Meanings and Examples of ODIOUS
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odious
a. hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1 A flash of odious joy appeared upon the woman's face.
2 An odious, little, pert, unnatural, impudent girl.
3 His presence was beginning to be odious to her; and if Maria gained him not, she was now cool enough to dispense with any other revenge.
4 She had not spirits to notice her in more than a few repulsive looks, but she felt her as a spy, and an intruder, and an indigent niece, and everything most odious.
5 I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody, not greatly in fault themselves, to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest.
6 Mr. Woodley seemed to me to be a most odious person.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
7 As to the special cause of my leaving, it is not merely the strained situation with Mr. Carruthers, but it is the reappearance of that odious man, Mr. Woodley.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
8 Pray do not talk of that odious man.
9 The sight of Miss Lucas was odious to her.
10 I heard a malignant, crackly laugh by the fire, and turning, beheld that odious Joseph standing rubbing his bony hands, and quivering.
11 When the frog was got in, it hopped at once half the length of the boat, and then over my head, backward and forward, daubing my face and clothes with its odious slime.
12 Yet I was so weak and bruised in the sides with the squeezes given me by this odious animal, that I was forced to keep my bed a fortnight.
13 He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.
14 But I consented to listen, and seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale.
15 I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended; and 'setting one's cap at a man,' or 'making a conquest,' are the most odious of all.
Example Sentence:
1 Cinderella's ugly stepsisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public.