No one, not even Jefferson, hated Hamilton more than Adams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I hated you at first. You annoyed me. Then I tolerated you for a few years. Then—” “Okay, fine.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hated living in the small and claustrophobic atmosphere of my house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

This next part has to be just right, or I'm blacklisted by the mother and hated by the daughter. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I answered, “So you figured it would be better if I just hated myself?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated him, and it had nothing to do with the age-old, traditional rivalry between backs and forwards in rugby. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It didn’t fit, it was ugly and uncomfortable, and they all hated it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Weak, stupid, confused, cowardly, evasive—she had hated herself for everything she had been, but she had never thought of herself as a liar. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He always hated the good, and he was jealous of Balder. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the campers and tried to make our lives miserable. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas hated that his link to Ben was being made public—hated the responsibility he felt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But she hated the thought that she would have to deal with the black girl on a regular basis. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She channeled her anger, which wasn’t hard—she hated that gold, she hated her curse, she hated thinking about her past and all the ways she’d failed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt I was abandoning her— she hated Delaware and I had talked her into staying there, and now I was leaving. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attackers bared angry fangs at her from the cover of the ditch—of all the Redwall defenders the big badger was the one they most hated and feared. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If I really hated it, I could always come back to The Children’s Home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But here was a woman who hated me and who, out of sheer malice, had nearly killed me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the red-faced man, so he wouldn’t cry until he got outside. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, having made himself hated, and since to this hatred was added contempt for his old age, Pertinax came to ruin at the very outset of his rule. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

While a frustrated nation sought vengeance, Jones had sheltered and nourished the most hated man in America. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brand and Cooke would have hated me and would have eventually driven me from the job had I “told” on them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was scary how much that girl hated me now. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

As much as I hated him, it was hard to kill him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Why would he ask a thing like that when she was already married and also had just finished saying how much she hated the man? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“But, Brother Malcolm, there is something you need to know. You will grow to be hated when you become well known. Because usually people get jealous of public figures.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the Germans, he hated Americans, he hated the Russians, but he just couldn’t stand the Irish. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated it, but he wasn’t going to back down. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And where they were different—even just a little—they were so important to each of us, that we hated each other for not remembering them as we did. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He knew that his mother was waiting for him to give an account of himself, and he hated her for that. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hated leaving him for that but I had to pick up Graham at school,” she said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hated it when I didn’t know what she was getting at. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But it made me hate Bobby Jorgenson the way some guys hated the VC, gut hate, the kind of hate that stays with you even in your dreams. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the sign that rested above the door: a large silver badge with a smaller, blue star in the center. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But you hated today, didn’t you? Even more than me, because you weren’t just watching, you were a part of it.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I hated to admit it, but the game kind of freaked me out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I came inside wearing a dark blue suit, which I hated even as Mom and Emily Sue’s mother praised it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hated him more for being drunk when I needed him. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And each time we parted ways we hated each other just a little more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He felt rage and resentment, and for a moment he included Kevin in his list of things he hated, because Kevin had food and a home and parents. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She hated having to admit this since such an admission proved, no doubt, the boy gang's point that she didn't belong here. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, I thought I hated her. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the way my mom and dad did family math. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Loki’s green eyes flashed with anger and with admiration, for he loved a good trick as much as he hated being fooled. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He said he hated being a doorman, because he had been an engineer in Russia, and now his brain was dying. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked lost and afraid and sad and tired and I hated that, because he was such a kind and good man. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I rush through the backyard we all hated because of relentless mosquitoes and fruit flies, then hop the fence. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He used Vega’s first name, which he knew Vega hated. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It seemed to break Miles’s anger; his face rearranged itself into a soft expression of pity that I hated. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Nod if you understand,” she whispered to Lazlo, and she hated every syllable, and hated herself for not resisting, but there was no resisting. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Although this was likely an exaggeration, it’s clear that Bobby hated memorizing things that failed to engage his interest, and multiplication tables fell into that category. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When they figure out they would have been stuck in a country that hated them, or a place with no schools, or a place with no future, their hands shoot up. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

If I ever really hotly hated unthinking whites, it was then. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt that I was doing a kind of dressed-up police work, and I hated it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, she hated how much her mother loved it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He hated these things—just because he liked Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I already hated all the kids he was building the orphanage for; sometimes I wished they’d all died along with their parents. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was sticky hot and he hated the ashy taste of the water stored in a clay pot behind the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She hated Cap Anderson with a passion that I wouldn’t have believed her capable of—and I was her mother. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Penelope hated to let them eat with such grubby hands, but “First things first,” she said aloud. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was, in the current view, a thriving, stunningly diverse place, a tumult of languages, trade, and culture, a region where tens of millions of people loved and hated and worshipped as people do everywhere. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They hated each other as much as the teacher hated them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could be that their cordiality and handshaking had been nothing but stiff formality, that underneath they hated each other. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Palmer hated to let him go, but he knew he must. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You hated your own father. You didn’t love him.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She gave me her smile of infinite kindness and understanding, the smile I had seen her aim at so many other needy souls, and in that moment I hated her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Her wandering eye would transform the stalagmites and stalactites into sculptures of hanging alligators, witches’ claws, or the face of her hated history teacher. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated you for getting an A in every course but one last term. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a straight-A student who hated football, I fit into two of these bubbles. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Of course I would hate them; I hated them even now. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For if I selected one who believed that I had requested to be transferred because I hated my own people it would only complicate matters. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without knowing who killed their father, they instinctively hated the murderers’ house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us hated the rebels, and we were more than determined to stop them from capturing the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Evan knew he was being mean, and he hated being mean, especially to her. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

For what it's worth, I think it would be incredibly depressing if your actual proudest moment happened in middle school, You can't imagine how much I hated middle school. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He hated it, and let everyone know he did. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one hand, she hated to see them go. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had so little patience, and always one of them needed attention, and she hated when they howled and squirmed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hated having to struggle to do everything in English. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She hated that, of course, so she screamed like she was being tortured by enemy spies. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

That was the deed which he longed to commit, to destroy the form which he hated! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated repeating it, didn’t know why he bothered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hated how nervous he made me, like I was balancing on the edge of a rooftop. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Storch hated George Washington more than he hated the fleas that crawled around his curled white wig. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He hated sitting in a room across from the slimeball creep he had used as a punching bag. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The simple truth was that I hated him because he had a ruthless temper. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, Monday knew how much I hated English. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This was the time of day that I hated the most. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to come over to see you,” he said, “but I didn’t know if you all hated me.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were Muggles who hated and despised magic in any form, which meant that Harry was about as welcome in their house as dry rot. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I knew him, sure enough, but the whole truth is that I hated him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She hated the frail waver of her voice in the cabin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t much take to living in the holler, I guess. Wanted to see the world. She hated being stuck up there in his little cabin, so one day she up and left.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, he hated how sometimes it would get blocked up, for no reason, and he would start to cough like he was choking, like he couldn’t breathe. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And her voice was low and intimate, a voice I hated and feared. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

How I hated that world of riches, carousing and playing! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment I hated myself as much as I feared being around Lucas. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

All I can say for a certainty is that he called it, and it an-swered, and since that day I have hated magic and all those who practice it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know whether he hated it or I hate it for him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because as much as I hated it, and hated this, and hated her, the Gravedigger was right. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I am not sure I have ever hated anyone—as a child I was taught that hatred was wrong—yet I admit that I want to hurt him, and cause him grief. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I might have impressed the king, but the queen still hated me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about how so many of the killers at the massacre in Gatumba were teenagers—kids who had been taught to hate us, but did not know why they hated us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Matt was in my algebra class, and while I generally hated math, I loved that class because I got to sit behind Matt. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bod sat down on a clump of grass, and felt sorry for himself, and hated everybody. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Billy felt sorry for the loser, knowing that at that moment he felt beaten and ashamed and hated the boxing he’d hoped would bring him to glory. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, how my brothers and I hated that word apply. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I hated Billy at that moment, I really did. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

For about a minute, I hated that girl. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had faced a lot of bad monsters over the years, but she hated empousai more than most. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Only the American white man was so plagued and obsessed with being “hated.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated to think of her mom being lonely, or afraid, or sad, and at the same time, she was so mad at her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“You actually watched Casablanca? I thought you said you hated sappy, black-and-white movies.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I liked some things and hated some things,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even then I understood the truth of it: that Shawn hated himself far more than I ever could. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Seven: I told my friends that I had hated every moment of the museum reception, which was practically true. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I hated the fact that even though she was a brat, she got whatever she wanted. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even if they didn’t know Rashad, even if, for some reason, they hated Rashad, they couldn’t just ignore what happened to him; they couldn’t walk away. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And you said that you hated me more than anyone alive.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Amari thought with revulsion of the hated nights she had been called to Clay’s room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated to look at him, hated him looking at her, the way his eyes mentally unbuttoned her clothes, mentally unzipped her skin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought I hated you but I don’t now,” she said, “it seems to have spent itself, all the feeling I had.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Another singer had once bedded a girl her brother fancied; he had hated the breed ever since. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He hated the city much more than he had remembered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the way she said my name, all intimately as if we were best friends. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She adored him and hated him at the same time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He hated them before the war and he hates them now with a depth you gentlemen here would find hard to understand.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hated when Rowdy asked that particular question. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is a certain irony in this, since Boyle became an absentee landlord, one of the hated symbols of the English oppression of Ireland. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Bobby, perhaps because of the indigence of his childhood, hated the idea of people making money off his name. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Viva—” I began and felt ashamed as I took a deep breath and pronounced the hated name. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated it when people older than her looked at her like she was being dumb. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He just hated the things in his head.The images.The sounds.The smells. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I always argued with them and sometimes I even hated them! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If they really were two different worlds’ versions of the exact same woman—and as much as Emma hated the idea, it did seem true—then Mom and Kate Gustano were probably genetically identical. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Chacko told the twins that, though he hated to admit it, they were all Anglophiles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom ran out of the room and came back with one of the army- surplus blankets I hated because the wool was so scratchy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ugh, my mom. It’s my favorite game—or at least it was before the sequel came out—and she always hated the poster.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I hated the way she tried to take all the credit. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Must remember Paul—Paul, who I also hated. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The haint had left me with the one memory I hated most. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really hated her for a good while, but I hated her right then. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And he hated that, because the pants twisted up around his legs and made it next to impossible to even bend his knees and sleep on his side, which was the most comfortable way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She hated fish with bones, and there was no way she was eating jalapeño and green onion hushpuppies. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And he loathed it because it made him feel as condemned and guilty as the voice of those who hated him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hated meat packing, it smells like what it is, a bunch of frozen dead animal corpses. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As long as he knew they were his, he hated them because he saw all of his own and Mae’s worst traits in them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he hated being around his parents and the high-priced lawyer they had hired for him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I hated to leave, but I knew I would soon be back. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had betrayed them, and they hated me for it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The people who lived here hated it so much that they had burned down a lot of it a month before. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand now why Chrissie said she hated sugar season,” Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you just hated Lumpy, you know, because of Conner.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

And even if Shay still hated her, there was always Peris and all their old friends, waiting across the river for her with their big eyes and wonderful smiles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She never understood how the way she loves could drag such hatred out of others, and she refused to stick around to find the love everyone hated her for. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She hated to admit she was a little glad he’d showed up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I pretty much hated you the last couple days. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who’d really fought. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated how Grandma curtsied and stepped backwards when this happened. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She would never do something rash or stupid just because she hated you, and if she made a plan to destroy you, it would not fail. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t she a corker?” he said, in a congested voice I’d never heard before and hated instantly. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Verily, black and white workers did not fight each other because they hated each other, but they hated each other because they fought each other. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think I hated that worse than anything. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I hated Vonetta’s meanness, her taunting was enough to prop Fern up and move her feet forward just to show Vonetta she wasn’t a baby. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that I hated being asked a bunch of questions. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated this man with the scar on his mouth, this man who was preventing her from doing what she had vowed to do. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But since we both hated our jobs, we decided to do them together so it wouldn't be so heinous. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hated any interaction with the police, but now he was inviting them into his life in a way that seemed absurd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes at her touch, and hated himself for wishing that what she said was true: that Dumbledore had really cared. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling him how close I had been to capturing that trout, but I hated to admit defeat. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I know a story about a boy who hated stories," Old Nan said with her stupid little smile, her needles moving all the while, click click click, until Bran was ready to scream at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He would always be my best friend, no matter how much he hated me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a few trial runs, she decided she hated the other two, so she was doing her best to keep this job. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hated driving my dad’s too-wide truck, which made one feel as if he were driving in both lanes at once. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But, for whatever reasons, the football team just absolutely hated us. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hated the feel of dirt under my nails. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also hated swearing, and other players in the locker room figured it was better to abide by his wishes rather than run the risk of messing with him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also hated it when reporters showed no regard for the secret nature of her job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a natural at basketball like Rob, but he tried hard and hated for Rob to outscore him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how I could ever have hated this man. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

My mother hated the spike, so Dad makes a huge deal out of it every time we decorate. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And he almost hated to think about leaving the weird new girl at the back of the bus by herself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He hated when she called him “young man.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted South Africa to see that I loved even my enemies while I hated the system that turned us against one another. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t understand why, if the state was willing to give us packages of meat, sacks of potatoes and fruit, and cans of all kinds of things, our mother obviously hated to accept. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the woman had wed a seaman of incorrigible appetites and hated the reminder—Cora didn’t know the source of her animus, or care. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Negra hated the church, couldn’t wait to leave her parents’ house and rip up her Pentecostal roots. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

No matter how much he hated me, Bowdy would never hurt me that way. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And had they loved and hated similar loves and hates, and done similar silly things when silly things were done? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hated the humans, but they also wanted to be them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They are super romantic about it—how they spent the summer putting on theater productions in the woods—so I’m kind of not allowed to say how much I hated it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Your old nose wouldn't grow back if you hated the new one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Louis hated peasants, too, apparently, and yet he had no problem sitting beside Jeanne—hoisting her in the air and dancing, even. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is precisely the thing I have always hated hearing from others. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And some of the kids are quoting the words and laughing, but others are quoting them and saying stuff like, “I was called that in fourth grade and I really hated it.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hated parties—even the ones thrown in my honor. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“The Carrows never rumbled how we were communicating, it drove them mad. We used to sneak out at night and put graffiti on the walls: Dumbledore’s Army, Still Recruiting, stuff like that. Snape hated it.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Mom said I had to,” said Doug, who hated leaving his computer for anything but school or dinner. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Who, exactly? I was under the impression the entire school hated me.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Even more, I hated that he was right. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He hated unnecessary risks and disapproved of such shenanigans, knowing that leopard seals and killer whales could easily surface inside a lead and make a quick meal of the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I almost laughed, remembering how I had hated to drive it several years ago; the girls who lived in Ogdentown didn’t drive tractors. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lucy Jo, who’d been waiting for Mom in the Dart, drove off without her, and Mom lay wrapped up in blankets on the sofa bed, sobbing about how much she hated her life. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And once in a fight, Johnson hated to lose. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He hated all the people who lived in air-conditioned houses with the windows permanently sealed, and drove air-conditioned cars to nine-to-five jobs in air-conditioned office buildings that he said were little more than gussied-up prisons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would’ve hated for them to put up some picture of me hanging with Carlos, posing with my middle fingers up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hated things like swimming and changing in locker rooms because I hated being so bare in front of other people. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My Trigonometry teacher, Mr. Varner, who I would have hated anyway just because of the subject he taught, was the only one who made me stand in front of the class and introduce myself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I finished reading it, I told him I hated it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She giggled nervously, which she hated, but the whole thing was starting to feel so bizarre. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I felt the familiar tingle, and I hated that I missed it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I hated for him to be away after dark. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But I had to obey—wanted to obey—hated to harm him—wanted to marry him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the Party, and said so in the crudest words, but she made no general criticism of it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The man hated the way Punky was so confident. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells me that he used to be a computer programmer, but hated it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hated it at first, but as far as I could tell, none of them knew the real reason. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He hated leaving the house for school or work because he was afraid he might miss her call. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hated sometimes how the lines had blurred between family life and political life for us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She hated it when people stood around outside. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even though her students liked her, Mom hated teaching. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She admitted that yes, she did have to pack, which she added was something she hated. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She sat on the cot, the cot I now hated with a passion because it had driven her to May’s room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated it when you called a moron. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Though I feared them as one would fear monsters, I didn’t let fear panic me, for I hated them more than I feared them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia knew Dill hated texting because it was so cumbersome on his ancient flip phone. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Dunbar loved shooting skeet because he hated every minute of it and the time passed so slowly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I hated the younger sister, the quiet one. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the thought that whatever Susanna had kept safe for me was in a pawnshop somewhere. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He hated my mother and knew this would happen. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And I hated it because if you went into a shop or a restaurant or on a beach you couldn’t understand what anyone was saying, which was frightening. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She hated when he tried to act like the victim after initiating trouble. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Crazy was one of the words her father absolutely hated, but Candice hadn’t yet been able to get it out of her vocabulary. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This didn't stop the Klan from continuing to ride on weekends and white people from treating us as though they hated us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She hated it, but she didn’t have time for self-pity. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hated her more in that moment than any other. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Kelly. She didn’t like it. She hated it.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Such a course of action was necessary, and since princes cannot avoid being hated by somebody, they must first seek not to be hated by the largest group. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Son to an English professor who hated everything about the South, grandson to a gentleman farmer who loved everything about it. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He really didn’t get why Nico had promised to lead the Argo II to Epirus if he hated Percy Jackson so much. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But they hated paying so many taxes—the extra money England made the colonists pay when they bought things like tea and paper. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had not our dire incentive for the success of that Regiment—a noncommissioned officer in a hated regiment in a precarious fastness only a few hundred feet from a growing and volatile enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There were restaurants and nightclubs, a lot of them foreign-owned, that served a mixed clientele, black people who hated the status quo and white people who simply thought it ridiculous. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I hated living like that, crippled by fear, but there was nothing I could do to stop it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Park stood at the end of the sidewalk and hated everything the house stood for. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My father hated that bad people were in control of some parts of the country. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even though I hated him, I couldn’t deny it was a beautiful machine. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Hillpark and East Shoal hated each other so much it severed the lines of communication. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Cora hated the ludicrous slave display and preferred to get it over as soon as possible. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When Perry said, “I think there must be something wrong with us,” he was making an admission he “hated to make.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jody hated them as all decent things hate them, but they could not be hurt because they made away with carrion. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of hated how cool it looked. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t mind disagreement, but she hated people who were apathetic and indecisive. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Bob hated for their walk to be delayed. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew loads about Jesse—he loved baths but hated hot tubs, he listened to self-important indie music, cologne made his eyes puffy, he never washed his jeans—but Diego was an enigma. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought about their wasted bodies being fed to incinerators because people they didn’t know hated them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Percy hated to disturb him, especially since it meant taking shelter under the giant’s thighs, but they didn’t have much choice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Toby, in particular, hated to lose Thoth—he was a sort of keepsake. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the things with a hundred hands and fifty heads, even though they were his sons, and as each was born he imprisoned it in a secret place within the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated myself for thinking it, but I did. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I never got to wish Zoey good luck because she told me she hated me and was never talking to me again before I got the chance. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He moved with a subtle rhythm, languidly, the walk of an athlete although he hated all sports and had nothing but contempt for athletes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, how she hated the smells of that bed! Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I hated the crowds, hated the way everyone pressed up against one another. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I could think of only one way to escape, and it involved hurting him so much that I hated myself for even considering it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He told me exactly how much he hated mortals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hated being waited on all the time. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He hated them with a passion he didn’t know a human could feel. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hated to see her weak and crying and falling apart. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I hated that question: What are you depressed about? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As much as she hated to admit it, the sad truth was that she, Kaira, needed El Genius. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I never hated you,” I say, which is a total lie. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I hated how the world kept trying to bully me into believing that I was the problem. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Well, sir, I just hated to see my little girl feeling unhappy like that, so I vowed I would keep up the search until I’d got her what she wanted. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fox nudged his muzzle into the glove’s webbing, although he hated the leather smell. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hated camping and I hated the other boys, who were all on their way to becoming Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It became a habit, but a hated one. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the thing of living in my head. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When the war first started and Germans burned down buildings, we hated them for it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My face hot with rage, I ran into the living room crying, yelling how much I hated him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now, as he lay near death, those he had hated were safe and warm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When a commission was convened in 1897 to investigate the conditions on the estates, Bechu—the Indian the planters hated—came before the judges to share his evidence. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jimmy knew Grandpa Nyles hated barbed wire, but it did keep the neighbors’ cattle out of the horse pastures. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He hated his mother for that way of hers which was like Bessie’s. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Dad hated unprintable words, and the fact that he had stood up for his son didn’t prevent him from holding a full-dress court of inquiry once he got home, and administering the called-for punishment. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy hated the man with the red face with the same total but helpless hatred he had felt when he saw his father chained, when he saw Sounder shot. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not afraid of Auggie! I mean, I didn’t like him—in fact, I kind of hated him—but not because I was afraid of him.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Years later, he blurted out that he’d “hated” all of that kind of talk. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He hated that he couldn’t go swimming in a pool because of it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I just hated w hen I was the one that had to ask. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hated them because they were trying to spoil our perfect season. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Usually, I hated staying with Grandmère, but I was okay about it this time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She hated when I called her by her first name. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When they entered the barbershop, Ben remembered how much he hated Marine Corps barbers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like a perfectly normal person, who was not cohabitating with a demon that forced me to think thoughts I hated thinking, and I was just feeling, like, I’ve been better this week. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At that point in my life I needed to believe that my hated spots looked like magical pixie dust and would not stand in the way of my dream. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor had just begun lessons at school when his dad had dropped out of sight and become a prisoner of the rats who probably hated music. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hated the ghosts for not letting us talk; sometimes I hated the secrecy of the Chinese. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven years of bondage, all the while learning a craft he hated, with never a chance for the one he loved? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The thought of my mother seeing me in the ruffled dress terrified me, and I hated John at that moment for having gotten me into this. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The prince will protect himself against this danger by avoiding being either hated or despised and by keeping the people satisfied with him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

People hated that—you staring them down as though they were the ones who had been bad. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He winked, never realizing how he had revealed himself to us by calling our companion by the hated name of “boy.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated allocating jobs, he wished he never had to depend on other people to perform some of the services necessary in his work. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why I al-ways hated turning my essays in, because the teacher would look at me as if he knew that I was going to fail. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Unferth hated the taste of himself, but he had to have it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

You smelled for almost two days, of stale water and rot, and you hated it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He hated the evil that lived in his body, and he feared it, as he feared and hated the lions of lust and longing that prowled the defenseless city of his mind. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was dark and heavy, and the moment she heard him speak Meggie hated it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I knew Dad would have hated that, spending his final moments in a hospital hooked up to machines. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then and earlier, therefore, it would have been safer for her not to be hated by her people than to have had the fortresses. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Brian hated it, because the other kids were older and he was the littlest guy in the class, but Lori and I were secretly thrilled to be called special. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You resented him even when you were at your most grateful, and you were grateful to him even when you hated him the most. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I hated it. They didn’t teach enough ballet. I wanted to pirouette.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated losing Daedalus’s laptop, with all its fantastic programs and data, but she had worse problems. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And I kind of hated Mom and Dad for bringing me to Iran, knowing I’d have to say good-bye. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

From that time on, remembering the stoning women, she hated women. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand what that means, though. Why hide a Poe book for his game when his ancestor hated the guy?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We exit the parking lot of the motel, and as much as I hated the place, right now, I think I’m hating Mama more. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Thomas hated all this talk about punishment, even more than he hated having to keep his mouth shut. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We hated to see food go to waste. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One day he would talk like that, he would face them and tell them how much he hated them, how they had made him suffer, how he would pay them back! Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And me, Calpurnia, with a name I’d hated all my life, why...why, it was a fine name, it was music, it was poetry. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say he hated us, did she? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For instance, at this minute he hated Archie with a special burning hate that was part of the boredom and the weariness. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting at the table in the darkness, the moonlight slatting into the cabin through the small windows in bars of pale white, he hated himself more than all the rest. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to make himself remember that he hated Dove. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated whatever that thing was inside her that made her invent such whoppers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other colored people hated me because of my whiteness. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Trolls hated noise almost as much as light. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He hated when I helped him, especially in the bathroom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's funny," I said, "but ever since I became a mouse I've hated the taste of sweets and chocolate. So I don't think I'll get any holes." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I hated hem, Denna’s men taught me a lesson that I might never lave learned otherwise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I guess she hated to admit that if it was up to her we’d be hightailing it out of here like rabbits. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated him as much as I hated Ethan, maybe even more. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

For hours they stared relentlessly at the scarlet ribbon on the map and hated it because it would not move up high enough to encompass the city. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tock growled ominously, for he hated even the thought of demons. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I really hated him, and the feeling was mutual. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Lucinda would have hated for me to evade my obedience by rising above it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She said that it made her frightened to read all this kind of thing, about how people hated us for what we did. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seized the pen and wrote below his signature, “P.S. Charles, I never hated you no matter what. I always loved you because you were my brother.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He loved Arthur and he loved Guenever and he hated himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated how things had ended between us. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

From them we learned that we were about the most hated animals on earth, except maybe snakes and germs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

So I went and I hated every minute of it, and I especially hated how people kept feeling sorry for me, as if it was me who died. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the fact that my whole family was treating her like some distant figure from our past, when her energy, memories, and face were all I thought about. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She hated the trek, she hated the cold, she hated the Russians, she hated the war. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hated how my nipples were sort of oval, and my belly button was deeper than Krubera Cave. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘The land must groan under their hated feet.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My brother always hated making his bed, but he kept his clothes closet very organized. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The other girls all laughed, even the black girls who hated Tina. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His back never bent underneath it, and they hated that most. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stewards of something uncomfortable, burdensome, which they hated because, living outside the realm of history, there was no one to applaud their value and they themselves failed to understand it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be honest, Blake hated me more, but he hated Cade by association since we were best friends. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And he hated himself because even as she lay dying he saw how wide and ghastly her purpled lips drew back from her teeth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Universally, solidly hated by all but those from their own districts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was coming back into possession of himself; for the past three minutes it seemed he had been under a strange spell, possessed by a force which he hated, but which he had to obey. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, the basketball incident. You all hated me for that,” Velia said, twisting her face with the effort of recollection. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I remember how much I hated myself that day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the idea of strength against weakness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister hated her nose, too—hers was smaller but more rotund than mine—and my parents agreed that something needed to be done about it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He hated to be asked questions that implied he wasn’t in charge of things. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to skip out on the best part of the day, our PIC mission. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then she rambled on about how graduating from high school wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be and how much she hated her job at the Waffle House. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Once I was the most hated and reviled of women,” she said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“It was horrible. They hated me,” I say. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Percy always hated it when the gods used him for their errands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hated feeling like a concrete block in the middle of the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she despised Ivy now and hated the picture Ivy drew for her, and their friendship was over and done with forever and ever. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But being hated—I mean really hated—is truly awful. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But you have to understand, there were hundreds of forms to fill out, and nobody knew English all that well, and the rules changed all the time, and the agents hated talking to us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Any wizard who had hated me ... as so many of them still do. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She tells him that she had hated moving to America, that she had held on to her British accent for as long as she could. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to tell him I didn’t know. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated hearing them, hated seeing them, hated being tied up in traffic by them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

So they hated me, and it shone in their eyes when Denn wasn’t looking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hated being careful, too—or wanted to, at least. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He guessed they both hated being ignored, though. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hated when my uncle tried to play parent. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nicole hated that she could never quite feel like she was just herself, just Nicole, but that she was somehow representing an entire race. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He hated the community's practice of offering criticisms of members' behavior in order to encourage self-improvement. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“When I was a kid,” Mr. Clifton said, “I hated math. Hated it. Because I was bad at it, and because I thought it didn’t make any sense.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

By now, she didn’t make it any secret that she hated them, and didn’t want them in her house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were days, weeks, and months when I hated politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Amil loved watching Papa do all his doctor stuff, but I hated blood and needles. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As I have said, what makes him hated above all else is being rapacious and a usurper of the property and the women of his subjects. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Just suppose, now, that there were Martians living on Mars and they saw our ship coming and saw us inside our ship and hated us. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ann had ceased being human to C.P. years before; she existed only as a symbol of everything he hated about her race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first, too, she hated to splash a single drop of the precious stuff. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to think what had happened to them, but I kind of doubted they’d been allowed to go home with their bingo winnings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He could not take his eyes from her, though he hated what he saw. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then there was the even more important consideration that Delbriick hated any form of secrecy in scientific matters and did not want to keep Pauling in suspense any longer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He hated when his own advice applied to himself. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She probably hated my father’s plain face on me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us black people who lived in the neighborhood hated Jews, not because they exploited us, but because we had been taught at home and in Sunday school that Jews were “Christ killers.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This life that she had once hated no longer seemed so bleak. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was slow and hard and it made his shoulders ache, but he hated being carried. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hated my grandfather, just as I hated all of Chairman Mao’s enemies. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the afternoon sun, the color brown, and cold rice. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

All this in a satiric vein, naturally, since Morgenstern hated royalty more even than doctors. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that I couldn’t make it through a Nowruz party without experiencing Mood Slingshot Maneuvers. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He saw how he had hated his father and sister both. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was the other part of her pleasure, a pleasure she hated to give up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were three grown men and he was a boy, and they hated him and wished him dead. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Jordan looked at Angel and, in that gravelly voice that Gerald hated, said to her, “I got you a Christmas present, Angel.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated her school and she hated the world, and right now she particularly hated the town bus service. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She hated being inside the house with the loom and the spinning wheel and the endless hanks of yam. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated having to explain something so huge in such a hurry, and hated even more that she felt so dependent on what her friends thought about it all. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She hated the drafty floors and frigid corners, and the perpetual animal reek of heavy clothes hung about the fireplace to dry. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“No ma’am, thank you. Well—” He hated to leave without being able to really thank her, but the words were not coming for him now. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She especially hated handling Henry’s underthings, marked as they were with his sweat and smells. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Petey were keeping one of her lists of the things she hated, she would have to add: the fact that there was no justice. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She made hard ugly noises because she hated herself for crying, yet couldn’t help it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I hated having to leave home every morning, and I hated having to spend time indoors when I wanted to be outside. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I may have hated my father for most of my life, but I never hated his faction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Better than before, moreover, he realized why it was that he hated her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

George didn’t mind so much when Kelly took a few pictures of her, but she hated it when Kelly tried to pose her. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I knew it, and I hated her for it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Like this kid at school everybody hated because he was always pushing little kids around and then one day they found out his dad had hit him so much, he was in the hospital. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I also hated the fact that my parents permitted me to rollerblade only if I wore a helmet and kneepads. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“So like Jesse. He hated to be a bother, and only wanted to make people smile. Especially you.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s one of the things she’s always hated about life here: these chilly, abbreviated days of early winter, darkness descending mere hours after noon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that Dad thought that about me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I hated you for putting us through it. It wasn’t fair. Other kids don’t have to sleep in their car. Other kids aren’t hungry.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She hated him ‘for that. "You want another?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then of a sudden he truly hated her guts and Joe’s guts for holding him up, for jamming him back into a corner from which there could apparently be no escape. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated her mimicking me in everything I did. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He loved the water, and was as much at home in it as the other two hated and feared it. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to remove my red panama hat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As much as I hated seeing that video, I’ve watched a bunch of times. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

To him, they were part of the fight he hated. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said she hated putting the children through this, but their testimony was essential. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated to think that Baby was playing with the cold leftovers of things that killed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, she hated going to church by herself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The cave wasn’t really comfortable: The ceiling was too low, and she hated the feeling of being trapped. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thereafter Bellerophon, hated of the gods, wandered alone, devouring his own soul and avoiding the paths of men until he died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized how deeply I hated talking to my mom ever since I became a teenager. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hated her clothes—the blue pastel cardigan, the white blouse with the collar that lay flat over the cardigan, the homemade flat, cotton skirt she wore when everybody else was wearing flared skirts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated being left on his own like this. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hated her then, then hated myself for coming to her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew Sasha hated being the center of attention, so after greeting them with hugs they tried to be chill. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He remembered trying to hide things, like picking up after his father because his mom hated how he left things lying around the house. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Though I scorned them, sometimes hated them, there had been something between myself and men when we could fight. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rebecca—I had hated her from childhood, but somehow I knew that these were not her words. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...I thought everyone hated me, but now I know Mr. Browne doesn’t.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She hated removing ticks, and claimed my father was no good at it and would leave the heads under the skin to become infected. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Macon hated tobacco; Milkman tried to put a cigarette in his mouth every fifteen minutes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was furious that I had to walk up that hated road and then back again. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His brother was a knight, and he hated his brother. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She said the thing she hated most about the hood was that it didn’t pressure me to become better. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She hated to come home and see piles of bright pheasant feathers and the long thin dead bodies of the birds—though at supper she: forgot and ate and ate and ate. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She hated it, as her brother must have. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And when I say he hated it, I mean he haaaated it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In general, people who felt England needed a new social order found Vestiges appealing; those who wanted society to remain as it was hated the book. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit hated to be pelted in the face with mud thrown up by other horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, I think, he hated that Gran didn’t act scared of him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I hated this part of the day because everything about it contradicted my other life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All that mattered was that her best friend had betrayed her, her crush hated her, and nothing was her own. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But I did think, if everyone is such a person, how come Mom and Dad still hated all the politicians in Israel and Palestine? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Massa’s wife hated that chile. Had Massa sell her when she was not much older than your Tidbit—sold her down to New Orleans. Massa sold his own flesh and blood.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise — unless of course it involved punching somebody. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He hated her mother as much as she did. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I knew he hated me to cry, but the thought of going to the office made me crazy. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the heart to tell him I hated onions. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I saved that coat. I always hated it.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t marry a man I hated or despised. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with all that, I hated the mountains of homework—for which we were punished for not doing, or doing incorrectly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ramsay hated my smiles, so he took a hammer - to my teeth. lean hardly eat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She hated saying all this stuff out loud. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Joe looked forward to the lean, scrappy end-of-week meals, but hated the Sunday one: a baked ham, a sweet heavy pie to follow it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In place of our leader, sick in bed, I declare this Gathering begun,” he said, with a subtle roll of his eyes as if he hated anything approaching formality. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As the result of his conversion, he hated alcohol and had con-tempt for those who touched it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she hated the school and all the teachers, especially Miss Garnder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo hated this unending rain as if it were the jungle green rain and not the miles of marching or the Japanese grenade that was killing Rocky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was because they had lots of arguments and sometimes they hated each other. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Smith might have joked on her fundraising page that she didn’t like to sweat, but I sure hated to run. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I'm sure John hated working at the steam plant, but at least he got to leave the house and take his mind off things for a while. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Say that there were people in the year 1905 who hated war and got together with some scientists in secret and built a rocket and came out here to Mars ” “No, no, Hinkston.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I think about how she died believing I hated her because that’s all I’d been telling her since she kicked Dad out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Corinthians continued to make roses, but she hated that stupid hobby and gave Lena any excuse to avoid it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone in his hand vibrated, and he hated how his heart jumped, then fell as he looked at the screen and saw it was from Jimmy, the team’s center. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Don't get me wrong—rwe both hated Tantalus and we were worried sick about camp—but we didn’t know what to do about it. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

All were in good spirits save Doli, who hated riding horseback and gruffly declared he could go faster afoot. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I hated math. I was never very good at it.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I would eat vegetables only if they were canned, and I hated the bright green crunchy ones she steamed and claimed were healthier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

If Meggie could have hated Capricorn any more, she would have done so now. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were people who cared for him and people who didn’t, and those who didn’t hated him and were out to get him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I hated the flavor of canned milk, but Mami had told us that when somebody gives you something to eat, you eat it, even if you throw it up later. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hated the silence between us and thought it unimaginable that Danny and his father never really talked. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hated knowing what I now knew about my father. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hated Cristiana and her spying minions, and I was furious with Hamlet for believing their false gossip. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Her mother had told her she was too young to go with them, but she hated being left behind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Charles hated confrontation and controversy, but he could not hold his tongue about this. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a brief moment, she hated him, this boy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He started homeward, the hated wineskin under his arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I wish I could go back to it because, in retrospect, it seems so secure compared with now, when I am so rich and so famous and so hated by the authorities in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to think what kind of vile substance Mr. Sir might have put in it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She hated herself for letting Bob do this, but she knew it was the only way. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He conceived a shame for his scar; he hated his scar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Alacran wouldn’t put out so much as a single chili bean because he hated El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bitterly, they complained: they hated art; they did not want to take lessons. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He hated the thought of climbing the twelve flights of stairs, but he hadn’t taken the bottle of aspirin with him and he had to get it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We were dropping with fatigue. What kept us going was a growing pride in doing some- thing, little as it was, against the hated invaders.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason hated it, but he saw the determination in Leo’s eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On school days I hated to get up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care how upset she was about her mother, I really hated her, and I wanted her to leave. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

One time he was so desperate, he sucked the coating off chocolate-covered raisins, even though he hated raisins. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

How I hated myself for remaining so long in that horrible world! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to let go, even for a second, but he focused all his strength into his right hand, clenching his fingers even tighter, then went for it with his left. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She feared she would spend her life all alone, chained to jobs she hated, marking papers and marking time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I knew he had a demon inside him, and I hated that; it terrified me how violent and dangerous he was when he snapped. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I hated to come out and say it with Neil standing right there, but Rosaleen didn’t have any problem with it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could he tell her that he hated the house, that his mother and father were dead and didn’t know it, that if it wasn’t for television the place would be like a tomb. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated myself so much for what I’d said that I could hardly see straight. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Old Rit hated the silence that always fell over the cabin afterward—a hush that spread and spread, and the shadows on the walls seemed to deepen. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that during the Civil War the South had hated northern whites, but I had not encountered such hate during my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated Britten so hard and hot, while standing there with sleepy eyes and parted lips, that he would gladly have grabbed the iron shovel from the corner and split his skull in two. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hated feeling different, especially around my friends. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I hated the way my voice cracked with fear, and the way everyone seemed to look at me when they heard it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

While Dell hated his first name, he took some measure of pride in Duke. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And Carmen hated to think about what all that molasses was used for. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“No kidding? I bet they hated getting mail.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

By this gesture he assumed full responsibility, but at that moment, she hated him for the inadequacy of the response. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hated him touching me, but I knew better than to pull away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too hungry to care that I hated beets. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He hated its immensity, and its flawless, polished surface, and its undeniable value. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Goodwife Cruff had hated her ever since that first day on the Dolphin, and she would never rest now till she had her vengeance. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He hated it; but he never learned to avoid it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d hate it, and I hated my dad for all his plans to rip me out of Greenwood and ruin my life. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I hated being in the middle of the unruly, angry crowds. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He hated when she was in this mood. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it explains why she doesn't think I'm pretty, or why she always hated when Dad watched his old samurai shows. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Leona hated it when my mind went elsewhere than her classroom. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He felt he had no physical existence at all right then; he was something he hated, the badge of shame which he knew was attached to a black skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hated almost all the students at Kalman, which was just as well, since by and large they hated him back. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

None were good enough for her, so I held them in contempt and hated them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Winnie, who had been protesting the government’s policy regarding women’s passes since the 1950s, rightly refused to carry the hated document. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good God, I hated that thing,” he laughed, almost more to himself. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She hated being out in what she called the Sticks, longed for the great and gracious life in Toledo or South Bend. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of all the kids in the seventh grade at Camillo Junior High, there was one kid that Mrs. Baker hated with heat whiter than the sun. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But he did not understand them; he distrusted them, really hated them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We hated the way our guardians, usually so on top of everything, became so awkward whenever we came near this territory. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She hated me. From the first time I forced her.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Since the accident, I’d been mad at everyone, hated everyone, hated Dante, hated Mom and Dad, hated myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He hated that I compared him to food. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was like his thoughts as he moved about the tabernacle in which his life had been spent; the tabernacle that he hated, yet loved and feared. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’d step in if a bunch of guys were pounding a small kid; he hated seeing that. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Christians liked being able to borrow money from the Jews, but they hated paying it back and often they didn’t. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Owen hated the motor—sneered and called it “a cast-iron mainsail”— and David had never seen him use it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated it when By walked past and said, “Give my regards to Clark, Poindexter.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black-haired chinless girl came up and I hated her till the end of time. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I hated the piles of manure purposely hidden in the grass to spoil my shoes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hated being stuck here—in seventh grade, in South Grove, in this place of never being able to undo anything. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Wow, there was little I hated more than this conversation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I made the drinks too strong—which she liked too well; and I brought up politics—which she all but hated—too early in the evening. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man had been right—and he hated the scythe for it, just as the others hated Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was hard to remember in the heady and sensual clarity of these mornings; I forgot whom I hated and who hated me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just hated Papa, for weeks, and dreamed of the white-gowned princess I might have become. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“True. Anyways, when I was very young, he teased me all the time. I convinced myself that he hated me, like many of the kids in our neighborhood.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You were not thinking about us when you got her pregnant,” Olanna said, before she could help herself; she hated the malice in her tone, the renewed resentment she felt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt a thrill go through me as I said his name, and I hated it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They hated to see Lily go, but they were happy she was going off to college—though they’d never heard of Spelman, Lily added with a rueful smile on her face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

If I had disliked Joyce while she had Bailey in her grasp, I hated her for leaving. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peas were the one thing he hated to eat more than anything. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She hated seeing him this way, shaken and withdrawn; it all felt like her fault. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I hated that anyone would think Martin was a grifter—especially people with big hearts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her father hated him, so she did as well. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Lance, do you realize that the two other people he hated are dead?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walowick said he hated weddings and funerals because all of his relatives got together and fought. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night I wrote in my diary: I sometimes wish I could change myself into a psychiatrist to determine what makes me such a hated member of this school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the helplessness she had felt in the dream, and the way it carried into waking life. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

And above all things, a prince must guard himself against being despised and hated. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She also hated the “middle-aged” comment, perhaps because it hit on a sore point. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At first she thought she hated him for what they'd done to Lady, but after Sansa had wept her eyes dry, she told herself that it had not been Joffrey's doing, not truly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You hated me. Because I stole David from you. Because I betrayed the Smoke. Remember?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed thinking about how much I hated this move. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But if a man shoots at you because he is afraid of you it is just as bad if he shoots at you because he hated you,” Roosevelt said. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

One thing I got onto that morning, with the house full of Granny and empty of her at the same time, was the notion that she’d of hated dying so plain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

All she could feel was the shame of being hated, and not knowing what she’d done to deserve it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For three years I hated the courthouse because it took Daddy from us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He hated the boys they’d been, two stupid pigeons waiting to be plucked. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Percy had made it clear that he hated Mars, and Frank couldn’t blame him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were all mechanics and hated the war. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He hated running, but the applause was intoxicating, and the prospect of more was just enough incentive to keep him marginally compliant. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Laphams had hated such lawless seizure of government by the Sons of Liberty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That goat hated to be milked and always found a way to run off right at milking time. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a bare, bleak pool of black life and I hated it; the people were alike, their homes were alike, and their farms were alike. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole knew what his dad hated most about this whole situation was that his son wasn’t something that could be fixed with a lawsuit or a stiff drink. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He hated people like Bryce Lawrence, who inflicted pain just for fun. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Why did you keep this coat, if you hated it?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I always hated it when people weren’t in costume.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Dad had always hated cameras but when he saw mine his eyes shone with excitement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Beans and the guys hated Dorothy and harassed her whenever they got the chance. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

As much as I hated what Prometheus had shown me, I hated Kronos a lot more. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Everybody doesn’t hate the Gypsies, but there’s nobody that doesn’t hate us. Nobody is hated close to us. They even hate us in Washington America.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Me and James joked about how much we hated taking photos, and how our crazy moms were obsessed about the whole thing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had hated it when he first got here. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the villagers for their sheepishness, almost as much as she hated herself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hated to give up the delicious soup, but the bread sat better with me, and I slowly began to get stronger. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he had; all his life he had hated on the basis of bare sensation. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the feel of his body close to hers. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My mother hated to be separated from us, but she had no choice. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the way she folded the wax paper from her lunch; she did not wad her brown paper bag and her school papers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can rest easy...With a dozen men who probably hated the sight of their captain? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t surprising at all, but Rowdy started crying, too, and he hated that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the blood I hated; it was the deadness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss hated it and he just wanted to escape from them all. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Still, I hated it when Ruth hinted in this way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Shears didn’t want to live in the same house as Mrs. Shears anymore so he probably hated her and he might have come back and killed her dog to make her sad. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped open my phone and sent a message to Charlie about how much I hated my life. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were hurtling forward, and it was like we were fueled by how much we hated each other. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was stuck in another small town, trapped in another universe populated by the kind of people who’d only ever seen faces like mine on their evening news, and I hated it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was exactly what Dill hated talking about, but he humored her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She said also that they absolutely hated any assignment in which they had to interpret what they had read. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he hated us, maybe he hated that inmate, maybe he didn’t know what he hated, but eventually the pile caught fire. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quickly pulled down by Maria, who hated even the sound of the word “spider.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

That even with God on my side, everyone still hated me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“No!” she was screaming, for now at last she hated him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the harsh, intricate, obstinate demands that he made on me in the name of life. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Constance cried, then scowled at the unmoving boulders as if she hated them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that he saw who I was. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And the more we loved our team, the more we hated the opposition. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She listened to stories about the boys we loved and the girls we hated, and offered sage and thoughtful advice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He said it made it seem like we were doing something wrong, and he hated it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I was only four years old, Still babyish and unsteady, I tried to play with common folk— They hated me already. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I hated letting my dad see all that sadness inside of me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Kids like Calder, who hated it, said it wasn’t. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It's shaped like the bulky water jug her mother-in-law gave her, the one Ranee always hated. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She hated her mother for moving away from Scotland, hated her father because he didn’t seem to care that she had gone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"The moment I knew you existed”—her voice is soft—"I hated you.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hated that the worst, because everything was growing so well. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Globe writer Tom Oliphant hated to leave town in the midst of such a major story. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He had spent his life studying elfin culture, but at that moment, he hated elves. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I hated that it was my rockets that had made Dad give in to the union. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hated reading, I was very bad at it, and besides, how could you take the time to read when there were games that shrieked for playing? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hated seeing her so upset with me, but I was annoyed with her too. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And away from Train Ear, who he hated. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She saw no gain in wedding a man as hated as herself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I needed discipline, but my adoptive father, Herbert Dean, hated to see me crying. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Jesper was right, but he hated being discussed in this way. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And being called an enemy of your country, the feeling that you are hated—they probably felt that, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d have to learn a bit of Russian eventually, but I hated the thought. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I hated that I had to pay so much attention to the mail. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You—you look like Mrs. Leer. My third grade teacher. I hated you.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And just like President Johnson before him, Nixon hated to lose. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I hated taking a shower with a bunch of other guys. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I hated her instantly too, for I saw her plain for what She was: a hag, a stooping harpy, a feaster on the flesh of beloved brothers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And he hated that, because the pants twisted up around his legs and made it next to impossible to even bend his knees and sleep on his side, which was the most comfortable way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I hated her at music time for the wheezes that came out of her plastic flute. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you asked the butcher himself, he’d say, “Don’t worry about that,” because he was the kind of person who hated gossip and just wanted to work. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But I still hated the shows and hated myself for hating them. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had showed Shay her pretty morphos, Tally had mentioned how she always started by doubling her left side—that she had always hated the right side of her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was common knowledge that Snape wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job, but even Harry, who hated Snape, was startled at the expression twisting his thin, sallow face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the part she hated most was its appetite. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghosts, the citadel, and hating the humans who hated them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She hated the idea, but she was sure Hecate had set this up as some sort of twisted challenge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No screwups with my medicine, however much I hated the stuff. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Even though I had heard that phrase from every staff member—and frankly I had always hated it—I began that day to believe it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The ones I hated have taken to the water, horrible scaled things that tear my salty flesh with needle teeth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was as if he hated cleaning up after the kids at D. Franklin Middle so much, he refused to clean up after himself when he finished his workday. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Emptying my quiver of arrows into the hated birds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Owen would have hated it, always liked the boat to be “tight and shipshape.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that shrinking moment he discovered that he had never hated anyone until now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He hated violence and bloodshed and had an intense distaste for the terrorist policy of the Irgun, but he hated the British non-immigration policy even more. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But the temperature had dropped below zero the past few nights, and as much as I hated staying at my aunt’s place, it still beat freezing to death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Tree-ear washed in the river and fetched a gourd of water for Crane-man, who never went into the river if he could help it; he hated getting his feet wet. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

There was nothing I hated worse than clumps of whispering girls who got quiet when I passed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will see him feared and respected by everyone, and not hated by his armies. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

One minute I hated my mother, the next I felt sorry for her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated Sam Westing and his dirty money and his dirty game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids had no idea how much Karl Larson had hated seeing his wife’s job get harder and harder over the years. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I hated Luke, as much as he had betrayed me, I just didn’t get why he was in the coffin, and why he looked so very, very dead. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hated when someone would tell me they had something to tell me instead of just telling me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had always hated the discipline, as every normal animal does, but it was just and true and inevitable as measles, not to be denied or cursed, only to be hated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hated being the object of pity in my own home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

More than the slow speed, or the sitting still in the air waiting to fall, I hated the noise. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, because a few years ago I would have hated the idea of staying in and cooking on my birthday, but now it’s perfect, it’s the way it should be. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had always hated having his picture taken, but I had talked him into this one, a close-up of the young face under a cap of thick gray hair, dark brows, pale eyes... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Conor hated the program but he made sure it recorded for her, then he spread a duvet over her and went and did the dishes. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Not yet . . . not yet . . .” Thomas hated every millisecond of waiting. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hated to admit it, but I was looking at a whole new Vonetta. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They were still warm, so I kind of hated giving one up for Chas when we stepped outside and into the drizzle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I take big gulps and for the first time allow myself to feel how much I hated the bunker. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Father made them do things they hated, too, in order to build character. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Babou hated that hair. Your dad cut it to make him happy. He nearly had long hair in all our wedding pictures.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was delicious, but we both hated to see those long yellow-white hairs floating around the vegetables. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to have a conversation die out like this. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt beaten, and I hated myself for that. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Abuela looked so peaceful, and I hated the idea of causing her stress. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

For someone who hated camping, she knew exactly what to do. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like Ivanhoe, hated The Prince and the Pauper, tolerated the poems, and loved Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe everybody didn’t love me, but I wasn’t one of those kids that everyone hated, either. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

This was the same man he had hated back in Minnesota. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Shelley, because he knew I hated it and it made him laugh to watch me twitch with irritation and then giggle because I couldn’t help but join in when he was laughing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if the duke hated her as much as it seemed, she might have powerful allies when the time came to make sure Lillian released her hold on Dorian. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hated thinking about things and people—especially when they were mysteries I couldn’t solve. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Yossarian hated stewed tomatoes and turned away dizzily and began to vomit, clutching his burning throat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It helped that his father hated Chandler, still smarting from a row years before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I always hated that word, but I knew it was how people described Auggie. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And Jack wasn’t there, and she hated when he wasn’t where he was supposed to be. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, I hated both of them. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Dad hated to talk about feelings and stuff like that. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He hated wearing shirts with buttoned collars; his neck was so big that they all fit too tightly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But I hated it when those soldiers came to Central. They stared at me each time I had to walk by them in my gym shorts.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated having to be in his classes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then bum it, and scatter those ashes near the hated person. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated taking out the Folgers coffee can and emptying it in the outhouse every morning before I went to school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

As a little girl, I hated those mestizos. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to start right out with a lie, but it was the path of least resistance. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hated to ask him for anything, but he was the only one who could help. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the idea of Morrie connected to a machine of any kind, and I tried not to look at it as Morrie spoke. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated sitting in dirty diapers, and she hated changing them, so I figured out a way to let her know I had to go, and she’d hustle me to the toilet. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He hated the acridness in his mother’s and father’s relationship, the conviction of righteousness they each held on to with both hands. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the passion with which we loved the Lord was a measure of how deeply we feared and distrusted and, in the end, hated almost all strangers, always, and avoided and despised ourselves. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

In that moment I hated Enoch, and yet I couldn’t blame him for his doubts about me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He hated the way it smelled of fresh paint and Lysol. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hated telling her I was only going into the sixth grade when she was going into the eighth grade. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I hated it, Mary Anne. I hated having those luscious, gorgeous hunks of womanflesh throwing themselves on me. I would have preferred ugly male midgets.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated being made to take part in them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One thing she did not know was that the gang’s way of life had captivated me wholly, particularly their philosophy on school: they hated it and considered an education a waste of time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated being left by myself with him while they went off to pick cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hated myself in that moment, because I knew I hadn’t been her friend. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the first moment he had looked at it, out of the car window, he had hated it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He suddenly hated them with an immense hatred. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

As I watched him, the thought came into my head that I hated him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Seeing her face in the newspaper, I suddenly hated her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Being hated on the one hand and despised on the other, he was plotted against and murdered. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He hated his brutality toward old Gitano, and so he became brutal again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad glared at my mom for a second, then emphatically put his feet up on the coffee table, something that my mom hated. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Kronecker hated the irrationals, but they take up all the space in the number line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Esteban never knew that his granddaughter hated chocolate and that she ate it only out of love for him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that this person related to me was a monster. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mom’s fierce grip on me felt strong enough to last forever, but I knew the system hated us and would keep on tearing us apart. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated to disturb him, but she was eager to take some turns around the Sandwalk with Papa. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve hated it so long I can hardly remember feeling any other way about it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to say thank you before she prompted me, even though I hated almost every minute of the party. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The shock and terror had made him wet his pants, and no one in the laboratory would notice him, not even the instructor, who hated him sincerely for similar explosions in the past. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that my experiment had caused a power outage. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mia hated New York, would never go even to promote her own work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hated how jealous of him I was. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Many of them hated the husbands who lay by their sides at night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made her feel small when they did that, and she sort of liked it and sort of hated it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Because the truth of it was, I always felt like Baba hated me a lit­tle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tears filled Audrey’s eyes, and I hated myself for causing them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He hated the sight of blood for the rest of his life. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Grace hadn’t hated him so much, it would have been funny, but the only thing she felt was a sick thrill for surprising him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The next day, as I nursed my wounds, while my father was at work, I told my mother that I hated him and promised her I would kill him when I grew up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much as his father hated it, Wash and his classmates wouldn’t be in class until after all the cotton was picked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hated being so clueless, but nothing she’d ever learned at camp had prepared her for Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At a nearby Indian village, Washington met with Half King, a powerful Seneca chief who hated the French. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart felt softer toward him until I reminded myself that I hated Peach. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that he had a nickname for her. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell she hated kids—just hated them. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gilly had thought she hated all schools so much that they no longer could pain or disappoint her, but she felt heavier with each step—like a condemned prisoner walking an endless last mile. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I drop to my knees and rummage through, finally landing upon my beloved/hated Nokia plug-in. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hated to wake her up, but I had to, to give her her medicine. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that I didn’t have a phone of my own to see what he was talking about. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She had hated herself for lying before; she had decided to tell the truth about where she was going, and there had been a screaming battle with grandma. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to tease him so bad about her, and he hated it, but put up with it because that’s just what we do. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“In school it was mostly English. But my dad was always making me speak French at home. I hated it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the Greeks and Romans hated zero so much that they clung to their own Egyptian-like notation rather than convert to the Babylonian system, even though the Babylonian system was easier to use. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He hated calling the man by his first name; it assumed a cordiality he did not feel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alex hated taking wedding rings off bodies, but they needed food for one more week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“She hated taking them. Hated it. Didn’t like the way she looked in them.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Until today, I hated the month of June. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I was just thinking—Why do you run head-on into a cop car with its lights on? and then I thought, Well, she hated authority figures.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw hated the bracelet, hated the way she waved her arm about, showing it off. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Relishing how much I hated him from afar, for putting out his hands and ending that poor black boy's life. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hated holding them up, so I took a step toward the edge of the platform...13, The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt uneasy, knowing her mother hated us, but I took a chance. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I told him that I hated guessing games, so he told me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He hated the light bulb’s monotonous surveillance; it disturbed his sleep and, more explicitly, endangered the success of a private project— escape. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, he had been told, one of the three things God most hated: murder, divorce, and waste. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Jay hated being quiet, so of course he found something to say. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Envies are gone, and the measuring stick is: “Was he loved or was he hated? Is his death felt as a loss or does a kind of joy come of it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We both hated each other's guts by that time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He hated most the feeling that the evil had spread like a plague to himself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I hated myself for believing that I ever belonged here. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He hated the idea of the black inferiority complex and castigated what he called the worship and idolization of the West and their ideas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expressed how much I hated being called the youngest in my family because it implied that Deborah never existed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And it was his sullen stare and the violent action that followed that made Gus and Jack and G.H. hate and fear him as much as he hated and feared himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to be near that house again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"He hated rest. The gods give him love and laughter, and the joy of righteous battle." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Part of me wanted to know why she hated John Worth so much. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Should I end my association with whites and preserve my life; or should I risk it for what I believed, namely that whites were not monolithic, not all racists to be hated and destroyed? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, the best fortress that exists is not to be hated by the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I hated like hell to see him take out that weapon.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the cows hated what had been done to them, because they certainly rejected the embryos. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that instant, Archer pitied him as much as he hated and feared him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they would think that I hated the cook? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not just that Madison hated to lose. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The kids hated when their parents talked about things turning out okay. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The students all hated him, and it was the dearest ambition of many to give Mrs. Norris a good kick. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You never hated me, did you?” he asked. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Consider: How I hated and despised the money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured Pa hated seeing me torn up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Vampires were terrible, desiccated women who entered the convent because they hated themselves and thought that by surrendering their lives to their redeemer, this self-hatred would turn to something good and palliative. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got to spend the day with Pa watching rabbits and I had to sit in a room of kids who hated me, looking like the dunce that I am. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“For the majority of the time she coached me, I hated her,” Luma said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He hated to see the swings, slides, monkey bars, and seesaws empty and tried to get kids to stick around as long as possible. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though my dad worked as a waiter and bus driver to put himself through school, my parents hated the idea of my sister getting a job to help with her tuition. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Gotten up from the floor and hated her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that I was a guy standing there in the middle of a situation like this. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His tone was not mean, or even harsh, but I hated that he thought that about me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

For some reason, Audrey hated Lumpy almost as much as she hated her brother. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hated when girls, especially, were called out for wearing the “wrong” clothes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He hated to leave Boston to check up on his units because this would leave Catherine alone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It squinted at her through the hated light, its brow a rictus of pain and fear. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As much as I hated to admit it, I could really use Tamika’s brainpower. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Mike ...” I hated being put on the spot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel hated that, it meant casting about in his mind for an answer and casting about in Hazel’s mind was like wandering alone in a deserted museum. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the thought of asking them for anything. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And I hated the irritating and incessant cluck, cluck, cluck of our chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The two of them looked at me, together, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, and I hated myself for feeling such envy. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She hated for anyone to see her moths come or go. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I knew her more than I knew myself: her favorite color was pink, she loved crab legs and corn on the cob, hated running late, and was allergic to peanuts. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Poppy hated when someone yelled in a car. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She forgave him nothing, forgot nothing, hated him as deeply as she had loved Isaac. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a kind of power surging through him when he thought of how much he hated them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hated how every time I pushed the thoughts from my head, they rammed back into me like a runaway wagon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Therefore, a prince who has a city organized in this fashion and who does not make himself hated cannot be attacked. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the very idea of the eighteenth century, with all those smug men writing tight little couplets and being so dead keen on reason. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He hated explaining to them why his prices were higher than at other stores, even the other Korean ones, though he always did. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sometimes hated hooping with Vega because he always liked to check too hard, but when you checked him he would start whining. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I hated the idea of staring at my spots in the mirror through a lesson, so when we went shopping for dance wear, I insisted on a turtlenecked, long-sleeved leotard. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the gods’ riddles and their unclear advice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He hated the thought of the shame that would come to him, a warrior betrayed by someone to whom he’d given his trust and affection. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The Olympians never seem to pay for their crimes. And Hera has always hated the sons of Zeus...or Jupiter.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he knew what had happened, for above him as he lay he heard a hated voice. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kelley hated to see tags with a black cross mark written on them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Harry had never believed he would meet a boy he hated more than 'Dudley, but that was before he met Draco Malfoy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Lincoln had been nominated in June in spite of the reluctance of the men within his party who hated him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated hearing the pain in their voices when my sisters remembered our missing father. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He hated himself for saying that, but how else could he get through to her? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The yellow dog had hated her, perhaps even meant to kill her, but Omakayas hadn’t counted on such a cruel and sudden end to the dog’s cowardly life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I hated the hollow sound of the rain pattering on the roof. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hated rehashing everything—and I was a little bit afraid she would want to link my bad dreams to my feelings about my mother—so I vowed to keep any future nightmares to myself. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He knew it was because she hated telling him that nothing had come for him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She smelled like cigarettes and she looked at me like she hated me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I hated showing Miss Leefolt how tight that dress was around the middle. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t join them in their adoration because I hated Shirley. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle had worked for a corporation and hated it—same thing, every day—and I was determined never to end up like him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no wonder Seven’s toad was the worst; he hated music and croaked loudly whenever she tried to train him using any of the approved classical music for training. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He hated first the tanker, for almost killing him, for almost running him down. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, I conclude that a prince must respect the nobles but not make himself hated by the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She obsessively read Christian’s final, frantic texts and hated herself for not waking up to any calls. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He walked as if each step he took was driving a hated enemy toward a precipice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I cleaned up our mess, since Ma hated when we ate in my room, Monday grabbed two of my Barbie dolls off the shelf. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We hated her and we had good reason for doing so. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated it when he cried like that, for it heightened, and made more real, my feelings of confusion, terror and helplessness. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand what that means, though. Why hide a Poe book for his game when his ancestor hated the guy?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When we stayed some place too long, people would begin to look at Dad, act like he was a character, and I hated that, it hurt me. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like her? I hated her! So help me God, I hated her!” he shouted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the ones I hated are winning, and if she clings to me, she’ll be lost as well. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He hated the food because it reminded him of how wonderful Celia’s cooking had been. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had sighed and jittered my knees up down up down up down so our seats shook, because I hated being on the bus. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My trouble was I hated the sight of blood. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He hated getting any grade below a ninety. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she just hated the idea of Eleanor, of a girl seducing her firstborn son right in her own living room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I hated how he was and how she treated him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I knew I was being unkind, and I hated myself for it, but I had to find a way to get through this conversation before it killed me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She worked as a seamstress, enjoyed quiet times with friends, and hated the mosquito. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But even if he had been a revolutionary who knew what the queue really meant and hated the thought of wearing it, there was still the principle of the matter. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the way Mother had said, “If we’re to live here,” like we were staying. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ever since she was a child, Jam had hated having the hallway light spilling into her room; she’d always preferred the night to enfold her in its full black. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He hated selling them anyway, although it gave him an excuse to get out of the house. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t hate you. As much. I mean, I definitely hated you for a little while there.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Marly did not say so to Daddy, or to Joe either, but she hated hunting season. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to be away from her for even one night. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had always hated that name, all of it, and until he and Guitar became friends, he had hated his nickname too. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the thought of being separated from Dallas. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he became quieter, not less despairing but too exhausted to keep on, I said, “I’m sorry I brought up Brinker. I didn’t know you hated him so much.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very likely Meggie’s father hated it as much as he loved it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hated that he was squinting at my grandmother. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hated seeing the neighborhood in shambles, but it wasn't my home. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

You can’t sit in a desk chair and tap your pen against the table in that tap tap tappity tap rhythm you used to do that I hated. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“He hated us. He hated everybody who did not remove their shoes and bow to him. Is he not the one who did not allow our children to go to school?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say he was sorry, or make any of the well-meaning comments Frank always hated: Oh, you poor guy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I hated them all for just giving up. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But I still hated that he was seeing me have to take pills. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She could stand a few Dead Milkmen songs, but other than that, she hated Park's punk music. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I hated to step outside the front door. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Kendra had always hated needles, the idea of being fully aware that something was about to hurt but having to endure it calmly. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I hated the sight of you,” he said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But the worst was when he felt like talking—these were times she really hated because she was forced to stay in his room much longer. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stripped of their manhood, they hated the white man with every fibre of their being. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last I heard we pretty much hated each other. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kauffman forced us to read A Farewell to Arms last year. I hated it. Hemingway’s writing is so bland. He never says anything.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I hated the sound of it at once. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say that I did. I never trusted most of them, and I knew they hated me.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Until it seemed as if anything would be better than living with these people who hated each other. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As if coming from the most hated faction wasn’t enough, now I’m showing them up, too. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t you in the Crack House Quartet?” a guy in a Hillary Clinton mask asked me, referring to some hard-core band that Adam loved and I hated. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her how he hated the golden bird, the trophy his father had won one year for shooting the most pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I hated myself for sounding so pathetic, but I just needed to hear what I knew he was going to say. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was watching me because she hated my guts. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

For instance, I hated swimming during PE and considered it a basic human right to use my menstrual cycle as an excuse to stay out of the water. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I hated with every ounce of my being the force that had caused him such pain. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Rowan knew that as much as she hated the idea of being a scythe, she would jockey for position over him because that’s how she was hardwired. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

From watching Dracula movies, I hated drinking the stuff, fearing that I might turn into a vampire; but there was nothing I could do about it—short of starving to death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were boxlike in shape, with no courtyards inside them, as if the demons hated fresh air but liked being shut up in something like a trunk. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t hate them personally; she hated what they represented. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I hated her a little more for getting inside me like that. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She also hated the way her mother constantly corrected her both at home and at school. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was in the war, too--he landed on D-Day and all--but I really think he hated the Army worse than the war. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I did, really....I hated it in the end, that city.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his eyes closed and his mind open he lay on die rock through the night, lay and hated and wished for it to end and thought the word Clouddvwn, Clouddown through that awful night. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the business, I begged leave to defer it: no—it should be gone through with now. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He hated his father for it, and at the same time he still loved him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I hated it when things like that happened and my head automatically went down by itself! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A prince must nevertheless make himself feared in such a way that he will avoid hatred, even if he does not acquire love; since one can very easily be feared and yet not hated. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed because I hated stuff that was just plain stupid. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I hated to see that goofy grin go away, but it had to be done. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The Potomac boys are mitey hifalutin, some of em, and they and the Tennessee boys and us pure hated each other worse than we hated the rebs. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, they seriously hated each other. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’d thought I hated these guys, but it turned out things changing didn’t always have to be a bad thing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hated that it was so noticeable, since he wasn’t allowed to cover it up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As much as he hated Archie, he loved to see him when he was swinging into action. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know why he hated me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated her weak neck, the way it did not support her head but let it droop; her head would fall backward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was terrified June would come around the corner and not even look at her or, worse, tell Ivy she hated the picture. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Pedro Segundo hated him, even though he had never given a name to the tortured feeling that gripped his soul and filled him with confusion. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to admit it, but I had wondered on several occasions how that hole got there. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I kind of hated myself, too, for being scared. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

More than anything in life, he hated crowds, and his dream was to live by himself near the red-rocked canyons of the wild Devil’s River. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mommy did not have that insight, and from that moment on she hated Delaware. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hated you being away. I’ve missed you terribly,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The queer aunt whom his sixth-grade schoolmates teased him about and whom he hated because he felt personally responsible for her ugliness, her poverty, her dirt, and her wine. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't even that he hated to apologize. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get why she’s always hated me,” I said, shaking my head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse had written about football, which he really hated, but he had enough brains to know that if he said drawing, everyone would laugh at him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Gram and Grim always called me Maxwell, though, which is supposed to be my real name, and sometimes I hated that worst of all. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Would I hate him more than I hated him for leaving us? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She hated the sound of panic in her voice. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He was a thin, mild kid who hated getting involved in messes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was furious about The Origin of Species and hated Charles’s theory of natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated asking questions unless they were personal ones. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was a kid, I hated it when adults told me, 'Life’s not fair.’ The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had always hated the war, even talk of war, fretting so about his brother, who had gone off and yet never sent a word, not one. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Park hated him more than he thought it was possible to hate someone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griffin didn’t like anything about liquor, and he hated drunks with a deadly scorn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was probable that they hated her, and that didn’t matter either. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been odd for sleeps and sleeps, and she hated it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If anything, the Czechs hated their Nazi overlords. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe her transformation was merely a temporary shift in my perspective—for that moment, perhaps the perspective was his, that of the brother I hated, and loved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The members of the Judenrat were hated throughout the ghetto for working with the Nazis. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I should have been flattered that she cared, but I hated the feeling of every student in the classroom looking at me, despising me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mabinty Suma had always hated Uncle Ali, so it didn’t surprise me when her chin quivered and the tears pooled in her eyes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I hated taking her part against Mama and them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He hated it, as he hated the Texas plains, the Nevada desert; spaces horizontal and sparsely inhabited had always induced in him a depression accompanied by agoraphobic sensations. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I always thought I hated having random people in control of my life.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But she hated her because she preempted those free hours, a few of which would have made Francie happy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The garlic stalks, which Mama hated and Doc loved, had recently blossomed into fat flowers, adding their sharp, stinging scent to the air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She hated the sounds of their voices now, the way they laughed, the stories they told. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hated how fast news traveled around this neighborhood. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The most disturbing part of our argument in the car that day was the moment my dad declared that he hated his life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The sweaters she had knitted in yellow, pink, bright orange—all the colors I hated—I put those in moth-proof boxes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to do this—interrupt Mr. Ali’s Sunnshyne roast—but I had wrapped up my homework half an hour ago and I was ready to get busy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Who hated him so much that he’d racked him up so viciously? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated restaurants and would not enter one even if the meals served were free. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora hated the phrase “correct me if I’m wrong.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hated watching the tears falling down Sam’s face. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Francie was glad for Saturday and hated to end it by going to sleep. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan found another job, sweeping up in a factory, but he hated it, and was tense, restless, and irritable. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the one person who dared to but didn’t care to was the one person in the world he hated more than his wife in spite of the fact that she was his sister. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated, even as a two-year-old, dirt and disorganization. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liza hated alcoholic liquors with an iron zeal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reyna hated to ruin his dinner, but they didn’t have much time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That was when she remembered the dream: she had been at a Seder, surrounded by familiar faces, and for some reason she hated being there. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew why I hated him, but did Ma see him the same way? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth Manwill had been friends with Mrs. Richardson for many years, and she owed Mrs. Richardson a great deal, though she herself hated to put it that way. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sissy hated to leave, yet she didn’t want to miss her date. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did they know how much he hated that nickname? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You two were friends before he started middle school. Audrey hated that.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She hated her nose so much that she didn't even wait until college to have the procedure done. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I hated to kill it even more than I hated to waste upwards of sixty talents worth of ophalum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was an Irish Catholic and was hated by the white Southerners. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always hated foam chairs covered in fabric, because they seemed hot and sticky. The skin is an organ, it breathes. This idea of getting something breathable like the straw hat was intriguing to me.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

All Colonel Cathcart knew about his house in the hills was that he had such a house and hated it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She hated that expression and she hated the firmness of his tone the next time he came and said, “It meant nothing, nkem, nothing.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Had I not hated the tribal reserves I would have gone with friends from the graduating class to boarding school in Giyani, the tribal reserve for the Tsongas. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In terms of mutual interests, I figured we could spend the rest of our lives discussing how much we hated the aforementioned characteristics. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Despite his cheery disposition, I knew my dad hated what he did for a living. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And I hated that, fought her on that, didn’t want her input. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked--and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The bed was too comfortable, and I hated sleeping in the middle of the day. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

How he must have hated hearing me talk about her blue jumper and her flaxen hair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated forging through a swamp that was obviously the stomping ground of a drakon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And though it horrified her, it was another entry, a moment of coming into being, another first: to be hated by an adult. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Pretty much all the kids hated me and those who weren’t spending their time hating me chose up sides between the Danvers and the Gantrys and hated each other. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I thought briefly of checking myself into a hospital, but I'd seen what those wards looked like and I’ve always hated having a roommate. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I hated to admit it, but it worked. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Richard was still not sure which he hated more at the time, being forced to write letters home or having the letter-writing session monitored. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She hated sweeping their brown, dusty corpses out of her kitchen and off her porch, but she especially hated how they followed her everywhere like a dark little cloud. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He hated going to the free courts, since it took two buses to get to the closest one, and then he’d have to wait sometimes for more than an hour to get a game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that last one most of all. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

For this he is branded a turncoat, within two years of the end of the war is being referred to by Southern newspapers as “the most hated man in the South.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hated her as soon as she spoke to me, as soon as I saw her, I reckon I hated her before I saw her. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like a beautiful night,” Archie said now, smugly, that know-it-all attitude Carter hated. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one hand, I hated my parents for being who they were. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then we ran toward the fire, since Mrs. Baker said they hated smoke. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I hated life, and I had no idea why. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to wake Rosaleen, so I pulled the wooden picture of Mary out of my bag and propped it against a tree trunk in order to study it properly. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as he hated the idea, I could tell that the constant fighting, defending, leading the charge—it was starting to wear on him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even students who become close to her are sure that in the beginning she hated them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I just sat out there and thought about how much I hated the peach stand, how completely and absolutely I hated it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan hated each other, but because they were strict Catholics, they wouldn’t get a divorce. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the thought of leaving Maple Hill so much that she even hated the boxes Mother started to pack in. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I officially hated this school more than any other school I’d ever been to, and had absolutely zero interest in making an impression. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She hated when her grandmother would unlock her almari, showing her which jewels would be hers when the day came. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And, much as she hated herself for these torturous and unconfessable pleasures, she hated her mother more for being their instrument. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the warmth of the tears that leaked from her eyes, but couldn’t wipe them away as she heaved again, gagging. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I knew she hated Ximena, but for some reason, the way she had said it, in this seething tone, just surprised me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“My father hated the Erudite, so I learned to hate them too, and everything they did with their time. Only now I’m thinking he was wrong. Or just... biased.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hated by whites and being an organic part of the culture that hated him, the black man grew in turn to hate in himself that which others hated in him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas hated the pain in her voice—he could feel it in his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I thought I knew how much Cardan hated me, but looking at that paper, I realized I had no idea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She wailed so loud, I hated her more than I already hated her. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

April always hated to be fussed over, but it was sort of nice to open her eyes now and then and see Caroline just sitting there, quietly reading a book. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand, Bigger. You say you hated her and yet you say you felt like having her when you were in the room and she was drunk and you were drunk. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hated Fords with a deadly hatred, but they were daily building his fortune. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the fifth- century Aegean Greeks resented the Athenians for similar policies despite a common language and culture, the Egyptians probably hated the Macedonians even more. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew it wasn’t fair of me, I suddenly hated Liz’s mother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he hated the food, so his mother used to take meals in every day. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that my mom knew about the letters. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then came the winter concert, which I totally hated because I had to sing in the chorus. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They had been twelve days crossing the Neck, rumbling down a crooked causeway through an endless black bog, and she had hated every moment of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe Eleanor had hated him the most, and the most openly—but they were all on her side, Ben and Maisie, even Mouse. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He hated having to duck under the rafters on the far side of his bed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

On this afternoon, trekking across the bleak Plateau of Drume, he hated elves with a passion. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Heather: “Didn’t you tell me once how much you hated your room? Well, now I see why. It would be so depressing just to wake up here every morning. We’ll clear out all this junk.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It never even got messed up playing rugby, and he hated wearing anything that would put one strand out of place. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

George noticed that Mom kept looking over at George, but when George looked back, Mom had her eyes fixed on the television screen, even if it was showing commercials, which she usually hated. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I knew he hated fighting with a sword. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But I was so afraid and I also hated him so much that my emotions mixed themselves up and it was enough to start me crying. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated her for leaving that night, and I hated myself, too, not only because I let her go but because if I had been enough for her, she wouldn’t have even wanted to leave. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She said that she hated everything her parents loved, except for brandy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hated it—except that I learned how to do CPR. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His scar was burning: He felt angry and frustrated; he hated the idea that they were all imagining him to have power to match Voldemort’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mama hated anything that smacked of charity and if she knew, she’d throw the doll away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hated the white teachers because we knew they hated their jobs. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even if they hated you for it after, and punished you for it, and stole from you, and lied and mocked you? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For some reason Cholly had not hated the white men; he hated, despised, the girl. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew this but still hated it when people pointed out the obvious. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hated Frank for making this woman official witness to her humiliation. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I hated Cancer Team Meetings in general, but I hated this one in particular. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dill hated going back into his house after hanging out with Lydia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to wear the pretty purple dress that didn’t hide her body like all of her other outfits, but Amá chose the bright yellow one with the pink flowers I’ve always hated. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

From being one of the most popular and admired people at the school, Harry was suddenly the most hated. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then, being endowed with many virtues that made him venerable, while he was alive he always held both the one order and the other within their limits, and he was never either hated or despised. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He hated making a decision, starting on a plan, and then not finishing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

You hated the noisy celebrations, with people setting off fireworks at every street corner. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Genie hated when his mom told him to go to bed after he’d seen something that was going to keep him awake, for like, the rest of his life. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Because three is shy, four is rude, and two is, like, your buddy. I hated taking math in school because I always felt bad making numbers who didn’t like each other work together.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It said his friends hated him. It said he killed his mother and brothers.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

For now, he hated the one who had created the situation, the one who bore witness to his failure, his impotence. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred years ago, the white ethnics hated being hated, but it was sort of tolerable because at least black people were below them on the ladder. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like all his kind, however, the young dog hated and feared the wolf with some deep primeval instinct which must have had its origin in those mists of time when they shared a common ancestor. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated her for her China doll hair cut. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So jealous was she that for the rest of her life she hated that color. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly hated him again, this time even more, but in a minute he was walking alone up the hill—littler—and littler—and the three sat silently, watching him. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that I hadn’t been the one to make her feel better. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He hated to go in that lake but he had to eat.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“If my authority goes, where will yours be in half a day? Aren’t you the most hated officer in Efrafa? That rabbit’s got to be killed.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did those who hated him have in them the same thing Max had seen in him, the thing that had made Max ask him those questions? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another reason why I hated the end of the holidays was that I had to leave Rusty every morning when I went off to school. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You hated it, didn’t you?” he asks without turning away from the mirror, addressing the ghostly grey reflection. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hated how Sohrab had a larger share of my grandmother’s life than I did. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hated Kim even more for making me betray a book I loved. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the idea of needing something and not having it with me, so I usually ended up carrying enough equipment for three gunters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The one he could abide; he hated dragging God into it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Through the loosely placed boards in the wall floated the bark and jabber of a talk-radio show about the latest soccer perfidy from Argentina, Brazil’s hated rival. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hated to imagine where I might have ended up if I hadn’t seen the Black Madonna’s picture that day in the Frogmore Stew General Store and Restaurant. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It existed in many forms and was embraced both by those who hated Indians and those who admired them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Much as I hated to agree with Katie, she had a point. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He hated himself for what he construed to be his own cowardice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Moss didn’t know much about him; he’d been reelected the previous year, and most of the adults in Moss’s life hated him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If he hated, he hated because it was human for the enslaved to hate the enslaver, natural as Prometheus hating the birds. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

My presence was getting to be a distraction, and Coach looked at me like it was my fault Will and Drew and Steve hated me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There was nothing he hated more than our being dependent on the Government. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You hated it, come on, admit it,” I teased. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In a conversation with friends he would talk about how much he loved smoked salmon when Ammu knew he hated it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the shifty rustling of unreadiness but finally a boy of fourteen led us off and I dared not hang back, as much as I hated the idea of seeing Mrs. Taylor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You hated it too! You were sick—I saw you!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

As I remember it, my arithmetic was as good as anyone’s in the class, if not better, but the teacher had hated me and reminded me of that when she filled out my report card. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In that moment I hated him, and I wanted to scream it in his face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He felt that he hated this little girl almost as much as he did old Trueba. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think your father ever hated her. He had only sorrow.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I already hated it, that he could come back and in a minute put right everything I couldn't manage in his absence. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were guys who were openly jealous of his success, and girls who hated him for being uninterested. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because they were the last to leave, I hated to see the twins go most of all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She said I was trying to hurt her feelings and she hated me and we weren’t friends any more. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

This never happened to me in Florida, this oh-so-high-school angst about who likes whom more, and I hated myself for letting it happen now. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was leaving the hated home, hunger, fear, leaving days that had been as dark and lonely as death. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated Mr. Sauerwein and would not tell Mama what he had said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ones chosen to defend it, hated it; those chosen to oppose it, loved it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’ll tell you. No. I didn’t. Sometimes he scared me. Sometimes—yes, sometimes I admired him, but most of the time I hated him. Now tell me why you want to know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hate her for leaving, but I didn’t, and I hated myself for that too. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I hated him—was so angry I wanted to kill him—but somehow I was not prepared to see him like that. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You probably don’t have many to compare it to. I remember how much your mom hated to take vacations.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the time the Pendejo affair was resolved, Carlos had become a very rich man, who subsequently sired a line of the town’s most hated patrons. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to admit it, but I was intrigued. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Each carried a quiet defeat in their hunched shoulders and downcast eyes that Koffi hated but understood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I hated the feeling inside of losing hope. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She stood still, and I did not want to look at her face anymore; I hated fragility. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most other people hated to go about in the dark when Grandfather Owl was calling kokoko, kokoko, and anything could happen. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I have been hated and avoided before, as the son of Evelyn Johnson, factionless tyrant, but it bothers me more now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But he always hated knowing the future and had managed to dismiss it from his mind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always lived in the country and had hated every minute of her time in Tashbaan. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas hated the people who’d taken this poor, innocent kid from his family. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They hated her for it, and they would never forgive. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He hated you to ask him stuff like that. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She hated being accused of fear, of moving with fear. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

How to Grow a Miracle, the book she hated because she wrote it ten years ago. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hated to ask the question, but I felt like I needed to know if I ever wanted to sleep safe again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She hated not knowing what the sailors were saying. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d even dreamed of entering the Ice Court as a spy just like this, of striking at the heart of this nation that hated her so much. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At that instant Shirley hated him as much as she hated Awaiting Marriage—even more. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Genie hated when Ernie told him to guess something, because he never guessed right. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was later to become his proud testimony that he hated his sins—even as he ran towards sin, even as he sinned. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about how much I hated this. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m sure this was Dad’s idea, because he’d been coming here ever since he was a kid and he hated the big city. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hated that everyone was looking at me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe she hated me after what I had said last night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And m • although he hated to think about it, the bad air and the lack of food was probably killing off some of the people he’d been checking up on all summer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I wrote horrible things about her, secrets or lies, because I’ve hated her all of this time. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was everything I hated—that smug look on his face, saying his time was more important than mine. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That I hated him for leaving Mitch to sacrifice himself for me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He thought about his people without sentimentality, with a strict closing of his accounts with life, beginning to understand how much he really loved the people he hated most. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She loved and hated the moment when they set birds free. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He hated to lose a heavy player, but he readily understood why I would now want to play with a runner of my own outfit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I, on the other hand, hated the flowers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A byzantine labyrinth of rules and regulations, he said, that he was supposed to enforce “sitting in a bar all night long, which I hated.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She did this for three years, feeding in secret and at night and with food which in quantity was scarcely sufficient for one, the man whom she hated. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated movies and books where people ignored bullets whizzing by their heads and zombies chasing after them so that they could make out, but I finally understood. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And she hated that some part of her asked the same thing now. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was convinced that he was so hated by the government that he’d be murdered while serving time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were still warm, so I kind of hated giving one up for Chas when we stepped outside and into the drizzle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Soviet women hated the Germans right back. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

So Charles, who truly hated to see Emma go through the pain of childbirth, had arranged for some to be on hand for the doctor to use when he arrived. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the feeling of thick, soggy mud on her hands and face; and many times she wanted to stop in irritation and exhaustion. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But he felt that such would never happen to him and his black people, and he hated them and wanted to wave his hand and blot them out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rosa hated him, and so did the fierce man and the doctor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma hated when he said stuff like that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re crazy,” said Henry, who, like any normal kid, hated The Treatment. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He hated to break the lovely stillness of dawn by using his voice, but he couldn’t think of any other way to locate the mysterious new friend who was nowhere to be seen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

This bear had defied him, and he had hated it with every fiber of his existence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew that Dudley’s gang hated that odd Harry Potter in his baggy old clothes and broken glasses, and nobody liked to disagree with Dudley’s gang. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The animals distrusted Pilkington, as a human being, but greatly preferred him to Frederick, whom they both feared and hated. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I hated her for her weakness, for having a heart to break. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I used to wonder why the peasants hated us so strong. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I hated the fact that I couldn’t be a normal kid, like the kids around me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She could not have hated us, and Atticus cannot believe this kind of talk. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When he took them to school the Monday after their holiday break, Kristy had been so delighted—and Joaquin hated her, hated her for putting him in that position. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"If you don't want to go on," said the voice sarcastically, Ralph heard the mockery and hated Jack. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Oh, and let me tell you, I hated it when she called in my parents. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Being around Grampa again made me feel good, and reminded me why I hated Dad for making us move to Arizona. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Most of all he hated it because he knew that Twinkle loved it. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Many in the KGB hated you," Ivan said, "but there were many others like me who thought you were right." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hated to break up this moment, but it was getting late. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That night, a woman upstairs begged her to accept a bag of frozen meats and vegetables, because she was moving the next day, and she hated to see good food go to waste. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A look I was used to, but hated. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Instead I pictured Sunday school, which I attended each week and which I hated. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hated it, and I hated Reb Saunders for forcing it upon me and his son. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m telling you, I hated those girls then—hated that they had a pew, that they didn’t have to feel frizzy hair tickling the backs of their necks. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Bran had told himself a hundred times how much he hated hiding down here in the dark, how much he wanted to see the sun again, to ride his horse through wind and rain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And even though I hated getting shuffled around and grabbed by my love handles, my rubbery constipated face did relax into a smile. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Standing there, I loved myself and I hated myself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated feeling ashamed for having a bathtub. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that Van Riper hated all rational analysis. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And I hated Dragonwings, not for what it had cost both my parents and me, but just for being so fat and heavy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother hated the word “charity” above any word in the language and she had brought up her children to hate it too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked her because she was a friendly woman, but I absolutely hated the idea that she would take naps in the middle of the day. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was not a bad girl, or common, either, and I hated it that she would think I didn’t respect her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

These were the worst dreams, and when he woke, he hated himself almost as much as he hated her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hated the gang thing with a passion. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He clearly hated being laughed at, but his slow little mind couldn’t quite work out what Sammy was up to. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And not because she hated him, but because she couldn’t bring herself to kill him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

How I hated Colby and all those hillbilly kids and this nasty old house hanging off the side of the mountain and those canning jars in my room and especially those Cinderella pillowcases. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Because he never had any, Fang hated discussing money. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then he hated his father, and longed for the power to cut his father down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When we first moved there, I hated it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to know how much I hated what was happening, but when she finally looked back at me, I knew it was me she hated, instead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hated feeling like Thalia knew more than I did, so I kept my mouth shut. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Curly hated paying late fees on video rentals, so he decided to go to the trailer and get the tape. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated his mother and brother with the savage clarity of a wronged and wounded adolescent. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had a cross of salvation round his throat and they were burning one to tell him that they hated him! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But this year she realized for the first time that her mother hated the camp. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than ever he hated Gebu and his heavy fist, and the evil thing he had done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

At first, while I struggled to satisfy them and began to succeed, they made a pet of me, which I hated. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She knew Prince Joffrey would be there, and she hated Prince Joffrey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was more that he hated to stop fighting. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hated him that much and thought he was the meanest person in the world. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated having to wear shorts as much as I had disliked having to wear suspenders when I was in elementary school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Once in a while, my mother's canasta friends, who declared they hated pennies in their purses, disposed of them gladly in the whale's mouth or the canopy of cloud. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was irrational, and Colin hated thinking irrationally, but he couldn't help but wonder whether perhaps being in the presence of the Archduke might reveal something to Colin about his missing piece. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Turner hated himself for playing the minister’s son. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The lady hated the guy in the red suit. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I hated him as much now as I had when he had forced his silence between me and Danny. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I hated the little moles that dotted my cheek. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And his parents hated her for some reason. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had hated her enough to hurt her, to end her life. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He hated that it was in his house, and that he owned it. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And for a while there, once I realized you weren’t coming back, I hated you even though I thought you were dead. No, because of that. And I hated...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I regretted the words even as they left my lips, hated myself for saying them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He hated that and would walk off at once, trailing clothes behind him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I've hated the mask since the day an Augur—an Empire holy man—handed it to me in a velvet-lined box. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Except for Marie’s fabled love for Dewey Prince, these women hated men, all men, without shame, apology, or discrimination. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never asked, I never knew, how much he hated the last fancy dress ball ever given at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Roller coasters, bungee jumps, parachute drops—he hated them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you hated molasses,” Tony said as they trotted along. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, him — Quirrell said he hates me because he hated my father. Is that true?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was surprised by how much he truly hated the guy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hated talking about it all the time, but I was just as mad when everyone avoided bringing it up, as if it wasn’t on my mind day and night. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, she just blurted out, “I really am sorry. I just hate this school. Even before today, I’ve hated it.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Brian hated the job of treasurer because it was such a drag but mostly because it brought him into personal contact with Brother Leon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew how much you hated to steal, and I knew that you were suffering, but I never asked you if you were all right. I felt like I’d killed you myself.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That's another reason why I hated like hell for her to know I got the ax again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

That was one thing I hated about Juanita, the way she clung to things and wouldn’t let them go, like a dim-witted gnat stuck on a piece of rotting fruit. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ma hated the game, but when Willy agreed to play soccer, the deal he cut, the little prince, was that he could play GTA as often as he wanted. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hated not being able to tell her what was going on in my life. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hated that I had to go to school. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But I hated that he was disappointed in Laleh too, for something she couldn’t change. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hated her for not caring about me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jesper hated to give up the high ground before they knew what they were up against, but they were short on time, and they needed to get to the roof. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

No wonder the high-voiced boys with smooth, hairless cheeks hated her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Bran hated that; it made him feel as if the Freys were trying to steal Jon's place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He hated schmaltzy stuff like that, hated omens. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hated you for everything already, but now I hate you most of all." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark he made up rhymes and sang songs, and one of the reasons she hated his new American music was that he sang it exclusively to himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was only one woman Dimarion hated as much as he respected her: the captain of the Black Beauty, the quickest ship in the southeast. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A sane person would have reveled in seeing Marcus brought so low, but I hated him that way. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Still the age of the horse, at least on the streets, and the old men hated to let it go. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As much as I hated conflict, I hated lack of resolution even more. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because I knew she hated fights worse than anything. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas hated the idea of waiting, not knowing how long it might be. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was funny—as much as Candice hated what people had said about her grandmother, she was sometimes glad she had been fired. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even people she hated, the ones who kicked her or stole her food once her mother was gone. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Stella didn’t pause to think; she ripped off her jacket and plunged into the water, gasping as the cold grabbed her, soaking through her hair, a feeling she hated. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How I hated T. Ray, and the girls at school, but mostly myself for taking away my mother. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We knew the Germans hated the Poles and wanted our land. Our attitude was, Let ’em come! Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is why it has been feared and hated—and outlawed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This was a word that came in handy on the days when you hated white people like Mr. Best—the Tule Lake director—or Mr. Taylor, both of whom sometimes seemed like demons who smiled. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Katherine?” she yelled, knowing how much her stepmother hated raised voices. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She hated thinking about gym class, even someone else’s gym class. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Bobby, then seven years old, hated his new environs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he hated feeling pressure to buy something. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Some colored people hated me because of my blackness. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Almost without exception students hated Afrikaans debates; not only was the language difficult to master, it was the language of our oppressors. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monday knew I hated writing, but we promised to keep in touch, and you don’t just back out of promises. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He hated them, but they were my favorite vegetable. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I remember how I hated the idea of serving him and learning from him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But I hated the practice of apartheid—the legal separation of blacks and whites. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to get bits of cork into the wine. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since, spiders had hated the children of Athena. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was also a daughter of Ares, and I’d had a very serious disagreement with her father last summer, so now the god of war and all his children basically hated my guts. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the sound of the Russian language. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Well, to be honest, because most people hated him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs might have hated me, or wanted to scare me off, but he at least recognized I had played some small part in saving his skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I still hated going to the grocery store. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She hated all the mothers and all their children. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If I had told her just how much I hated Mr. Tuttle, she wouldn’t of believed it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I hated her when she was the last chosen for her team and I, the last chosen for my team. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while as I cried I hated my parents, as if it were their fault that Lynn was sick. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had never hated Malfoy more than as he lay there, like an absurd turtle on its back, blood dripping sickeningly into his open mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I looked at her and immediately hated her flip all over again. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And at night she hated like hell to have to sleep again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He hated that men who had done really bad things could go on living their lives without even an apology when the people they'd hurt never stopped hurting. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t pity them so much as he hated knowing that he looked just like them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We all hated doubles until Dad lost his job. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At one place there were fistfights; at another a supervisor who hated Chinese and Mexicans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that Dad was so miserable since he’d lost his job. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Adults were always doing that to me, and I hated it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sampson was despicable, and he hated us, too, but hate alone didn’t create poison in bedside water tumblers. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But I really, really hated that my phone was dead. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I never heard him speak of white people; I think he hated them too much to talk of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, she hated everything about it, except the unicorn; and, saddle sore and uncomfortable, she would have even happily spent time away from the unicorn. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The two Polish Annas surely had clear notions of what they loved and hated, but like the rest of us, they were limited in terms of vocabulary, and this made them appear less than sophisticated. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

God though he was she hated him, especially when the time came for her child to be born and he showed her no sign, gave her no aid. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated this feeling, the feeling that all the words that he wanted to say would just tangle themselves into a giant ball, wound so tight that nothing could manage to escape. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t expecting it tonight. But that’s all to the good—I hated waiting. See you later.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, slowly, it was upon exacdy that nothingness that my mind began to dwell, that constant sense of wanting without having, of being hated without reason. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like tuxedos. I bet the ancient Romans hated togas as much as we do. By the way, you didn’t bring any weapons, did you?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I hated the Asian character played by a white man. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He obeyed the Party, but he still hated the Party. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Also, yesterday I had hated him; now we were calling each other by our first names. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She hated thinking about the scary toothless lunatic’s house, but once it was in her mind, it raced around in there, bashing up against every little bulging gray cell. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But hearing him say that he hated his life brought on a sobering realization for me: my parents were human. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment John hated her, and he stared at her fat, black profile in anger. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I always hated the name, so I made up my own.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Like I need to remember that there is a world outside this one, where I am not hated. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Each of us was talented in his own way, and we both hated twelve-year-old males, a demographic group second to none in terms of cruelty. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was caught off guard by how intensely I already hated her. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He hated my dad like he hated Sirius! Haven’t you noticed, Professor, how the people Snape hates tend to end up dead?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

First they hated the infantrymen on the mainland because they had failed to capture Bologna. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He hated feeling anxious while waiting for Nali to yell at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Though I once hated the sight of the scar, I view it with a sort of pride now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We joined him once for a few months in Ghana, but she hated it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He must have hated being stuck here all day long. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

What he hated was the fact that he didn’t hate it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She hated that she had to call her eonni out of respect, especially given that respect was the last thing Jinjoo felt for the older girl. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I hated to give that white woman my seat when so many black people were standing. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

They were two sisters who loved and hated each other. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Yet, I believe he would have given me the petrol had I told him the truth and not used the hated word baas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the old woman who had twisted her so in the name of love. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I felt the tears come to my eyes and I hated myself for the tears. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell her I hated it, or that Mrs. Spitz is anti-earmuffs, or that she patted me on the shoulder twice. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Some of the Geats wanted to argue, they hated the dead Dane so much. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

For he hated his father to talk to him in that way, wanted to stop his ears to keep him out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Light, light of Sun and Moon, he still feared and hated, and he always will, I think; but he was cunning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The human beings did not hate Animal Farm any less now that it was prospering; indeed, they hated it more than ever. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I hate burns, have always hated them, even a small one gotten from pulling a pan of bread from the oven. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Dad, sometimes I hated you and mom for pretending he was dead.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I hated this place. The only reason I’m here is that Dr. C wanted me to come by and talk to the Smokies.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They were looking for somebody who hated Nicole, not somebody who was trying to bone her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They did try hard to avoid going into his study when they were bleeding and needed a sticking plaster to put over the cut, because they knew Charles hated the sight of blood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid of how I hated him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Each of us hated and feared the whites, yet had a white man put in a sudden appearance we would have assumed silent, obedient smiles. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of freeing Julius, and then wiping him out like a hated stain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Until Nico, Dakota and Leila had time to disrupt the legion’s attack, she couldn’t do anything, but she hated standing around and waiting. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and I hated people who didn’t hate people who watched or played them. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I dressed in a pair of overalls, which I hated because they had suspenders, and a flannel checkered shirt, which Mama had bought at the Goodwill store. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hated going inside those things because they were so warm. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She hated the sniffling, pleading tone of her voice but could not help it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He hated himself for feeling that way, but it couldn’t be helped. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Nate was an orphan with just one living relative in the world: the uncle that Papa had always hated. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

In trying to grasp why Communists hated intellectuals, my mind was led back again to the accounts I had read of the Russian Revolution. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You hated that whole thing, that whole scout thing.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He hated the voice she put on for talking about Mr Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He hated the way she acted like she knew everything. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that he called her that, but she said, “Just go find her, son. Go find her.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She hated all Trojans, of course; she never forgot the judgment of Paris and she had been Troy’s bitterest enemy during the war, but she felt an especial hatred for Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the thought of the islanders talking about me as if I were news. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was a problem from the moment I started, because the white kids hated Jews in my school. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other thing we hated Mrs Pratchett for was her meanness. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know every one of us hated being in the dining room. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt sad, and I hated myself for it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

During practice sessions my sisters and I would eat potato chips, scowling at our hated instruments and speculating on the lives of our music teachers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He hated the too-strong aroma of her soup that filled the kitchen; the first thing he would do after she left was wash all the curtains because that smell would soak into them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The doctor had given him a shot when he was sick and he’d hated it! The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How I hated myself, thwarted, poisoned and tortured myself, made myself old and ugly. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hated sunlight but were too timid to venture out after dark, except during the full moon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite how much I hated him, I couldn’t stand to see it I wanted to believe he was still alive, but that was impossible. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I hated it at the time, and my annoyance had blinded me to just how generous my little brother really was. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hermaphrodite had long been their master’s special pet, indulged and favored, and the noble Yezzan’s other slaves hated him for it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

No matter how much you poisoned them, shot them, scared them, trapped them, hated them, caged them, or generally raked over their habitat, you could not entirely kill all the coyotes, Joe thought. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of all that was more important, I hated him to see me covered in rags and cinders. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Garfield hated watching men die from wounds, but the greatest killer of the Civil War was sickness. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know where it came from, or what it meant, or if I loved it or hated it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, for the most part, we hated each other. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated that they were there at all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I was hated and resented,” Ignatius said, casting a hurt expression at the brown walls of the kitchen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have hated me behind his spiel, yet he'd ignored me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way the kid with the flashlight, Eddie, looked at me as he talked to me, like he hated me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I braced myself, remembered not to do another perimeter check—my mother hated them—and went to find her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My father hated the whole idea of putting cars out to pasture. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She loathed these articles, and she especially hated this one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Adams hated phosphorus, which was only meant to be used to mark targets for artillery. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Only Ser Dontos had tried to help, and he was no longer a knight, no more than the Imp was, nor the Hound . . . the Hound hated knights ... A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As I stood in the middle of the quad, I thought of how much they looked like the people they hated. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though I tried to put it out of my mind, I couldn’t help thinking that there were two of us: my body and I. And I hated that body. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to a man who claimed he hated tyranny. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, who wants to be hated? Though I’d rather be hated than invisible. But it makes no difference.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Most of her fellow students hated studying, but Nhamo loved it—except for the writing. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in 1862, Jethro hated to think of Shiloh, not only because of Tom, but because it seemed to him to have been an empty victory. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And David had thought then how much he hated to study, hated the whole process of school. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never liked feeling either very hot or very cold, and she hated feeling both at the same time. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the “It is not your fault” line that all the staff members said every time: anyone spoke about the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Yet, as much as she hated it, it was better to be outside in the brisk sea air than trapped indoors behind the Academy's suffocating stone walls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hated poetry until someone showed me how to appreciate it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As much as she hated to spend the money, on her first payday, Lyddie insisted on giving Betsy a full ten cents to help with Oliver’s rent. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her father hated them, saying they looked too much like high heels, but Candice liked how they made her taller. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Richard said that he hated the South, and this was perhaps the reason it did not occur to either of them to begin their married life there. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They avoided staring too long, and Moss hated it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hated that in a couple of days she'd be going back to college and I'd be getting ready for school Monday morning without her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I do not think I ever really hated him until he had that little spell of superiority at lunch—that and when he went through all that barbering. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The little barn cat that hated the barn and always found a way to sneak inside. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She hated the way he talked, always so harsh and angry. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hated him the minute I walked in through the door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It gets worse the more old I get, I think. Just between you and me, I wasn’t doing too good over the holidays. I hated the holidays. I felt like I was gonna die.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He stuck around till around dinnertime, talking about all the guys at Pencey that he hated their guts, and squeezing this big pimple on his chin. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I could tell that Dad hated how much I hurt, and that he wanted to make everything all normal again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He hated this room and all the people in it, including himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had to admit, you couldn’t get more honest than Beth Ann telling her English teacher that she hated symbols and English and idiot journals. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I hated her as I had never hated anyone before—with her easy answers and maternal fussing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Surely the Ring was his precious and the only thing he cared for? But if he hated it, why didn’t he get rid of it, or go away and leave it?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He loved it, and he hated himself for loving it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I punched it softly, even though I hated that greeting. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry felt Ron recoil slightly next to him — Ron hated spiders. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Chess hated how Emma could be so brutally logical, even at a time like this. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I hated keeping secrets, but what choice did I have? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He hated my guts, and I think he hated everyone’s guts at that moment, but mine most of all, and I didn’t blame him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“So far as I can learn, she was never particularly fond of any of them. If she was hurt by their coming to court, it was only because she hated you. Why does she?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t like choppers that much, I hated trucks. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated being called Stick Insect, or Pig-Eyes, or any of the other things uglies called one another. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Cobbett hated Rush because of Rush’s prominent connection to the Revolution and his belief in representative government. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Amber hated camping, so now Lynn didn’t want to go camping. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He hated how harsh the words sounded, but he couldn’t help himself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Raymond took this opportunity to say that he was the one the victim hated ever since he had hit the guy’s sister. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Julia said with a tone that implied she understood perfectly well that sometimes boys just hated each other for insignificant reasons. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was something that gave heart to one who hated the cold dreariness of winter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They listened to the radio for a while, pop songs that Grace hated but always seemed to know the words to anyway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trepid hated whenever he referred to her pretty little head. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You hated it, but we got some of it down each time. How do you feel?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Obviously the teacher hated her and others like her for no other reason than that they were what they were. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen him so unraveled, and I hated myself for letting him come. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Uncle hated to be disturbed when he was doing accounts. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

If Aru had been politely indifferent to science before, now she straight up hated it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I think I hated her most because she wouldn't be in that play any more if she went away with me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Uncle Claude taught Hugo how to steal, which Hugo hated more than anything, but sometimes it was the only way to get something to eat. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I hated school back when Mean Teacher ruled over us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And in the clasp was a sprig of white hawthorn — he’d been a-Maying and how I hated her, the girl he might have kissed. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“She hated those crummy chocolates. She gave the old ladies Thin Mints.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The biting got so bad I had to slip into the water and stay there for a bit, much as I hated being in the ocean in the dark. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to lose, absolutely hated it, and of all the losses, this may well have been the most devastating one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to imagine what it would be like for his mother and father, day after day, month after month, not knowing, living on false hope. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered if they, too, hated black people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Akira hated them—he worried he was so skinny he might fall into the hole by accident. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hated these emotional outbursts, these tempests of passion, for they always left me tense and weak. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the way they spouted water so easily, betraying me at every turn. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In the end, I realized he wasn’t daring or cool, and I hated how he dressed up all the time. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Lord loved the poor and hated those cast high in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Soviet night bombers were small and slow, but the exhausted Germans hated them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We hated games that went down to the wire. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Usually Finn hated feeling left out and too young, but now he wanted to cheer, Hurray! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The notches in the doorway couldn’t keep the green boat from appearing, full of some drippy little boy she’d never even know but hated already. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He hated when Ana tried to sort his past from his present. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She hated him the way his daughters hated him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another colonel in the area meant another rival, another enemy, another person who hated him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Really, it was simple: The first thing was that I hated being a lawyer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Because I hated lying to August when she was so good to me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why she wore it if she hated him so much. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “I don’t know. I was being horribly nosy. I hated myself.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At least she didn’t say she hated me, too. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was nothing Bull Meecham hated worse than a fat Marine. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, there were things in Bernard which he hated. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loved her father so much, but even though she hated to admit it, she was also a little ashamed of him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He mentioned again how much he hated people being late. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was a blighted, hellish place full of noise and dust and smoke and inhuman towers that blocked the sun, and she hated it—hated especially this gloomy building and the ceaseless clamor of construction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

With the unbalanced passion of the young, I hated her for showing her ignorance to Mrs. Flowers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the dreams with a burning passion, but the fact that I was having them didn’t seem like a big blockbuster of a surprise to me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated that there were women and children begging in the street while criminals drove around in fancy cars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He hated the man, but he didn’t want him dead. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tom had sent home these photographs of a hot, green country that he loved and hated just the same. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dunsen wore those bull's horns now, and she hated him for it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hated the idea that to be considered a worthy American, I had to hack away parts of myself, become a more acceptable Jew, an invisible one. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"No, ma'm," I said, and quickly hated myself for saying "ma'm" to so young a white woman, and in the North too. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, it was part of the overseer’s job to be hated and feared while the master kept his hands clean. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hated those pills, so much that I tried to avoid taking them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Florence hated the trombone, disliked jazz, and wanted to be reunited with her daughters, who were still living in Martinsburg with their father. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had hated her years in the Peloponnese. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Fabyan hated to be challenged, and he had a terrible temper. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Much as I hated to let the boy see me weep, I could not keep tears from streaming down my cheeks. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hated them all—all the men who came to see Linda. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the only way to get out of Freetown without being killed by the armed men and boys of the new government, who hated it when people left the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But, for all of that, she was white and he hated her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Had he mentioned that he hated this side of the city? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I hated myself more than I had ever hated myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When he started middle school and began failing every subject, I finally realized that he and I hated school for very different reasons. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hated that my parents were so patient with me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad your door has a dead bolt. I would have hated to wake you up to lock the door.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I knew she hated when I whined, but I didn’t think she hated it enough to come over and grab me by the arm again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

What gets me about D.B., though, he hated the war so much, and yet he got me to read this book A Farewell to Arms last summer. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I knew now what Tenorio had done, and I hated myself for not having guessed it, and I hated Andrew for not listening to Narciso. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark hated them for it and had a fleeting moment where he itched to find the Transvice to start firing away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then JP said, “Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking about how horrible my life could be if you hated me,” and he added, “stalker.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Moss had hated how warm he ran, how easy it was for him to wake up in the night, covered in sweat, and it was like Javier was meant for him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh Skeeter,” Hilly says, “I know you just hated missing it this year.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So Mrs. Baker was taking us camping, even though she hated camping. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just as our hated opponent stopped dribbling and prepared for his shot, the Colonel stood up and screamed something. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

So we hated ourselves and fought every day. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But Justis hated the game of football and wanted his son to do the same and had programmed him to think that anyone who played it was a fool. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course. I figured he’d find that marble, so I had to dump the others. I sure hated to, though. I won most of them in a game with a lion tamer.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Mom hated it so much, she finally forked over money for a visit to a hair salon to have it cut professionally. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Lee said from the doorway, “and he deplored it. He hated it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Angel hated chicken soup, so Tiger had great lunches. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never hated anyone more than I hated her at that second, and I wished the Christmas crowd would eat her up and carry her far, far away from our family. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Lizzy,” said he, “what are you doing? Are you out of your senses, to be accepting this man? Have not you always hated him?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Uncle, however, brought his whole family even my Auntie Fumi, who hated camping. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Given time, water could overcome any barrier, and it hated to be trapped, just like Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then it was obvious, so obvious Ekon hated himself for not putting the pieces together sooner. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe had tried hard to settle into his studies, and it served him well now, the math he had hated, as he measured and fitted together the pieces of his boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve known Peaches all my life, which means for fifteen years, and I hated to see her sad. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also hated the adults, for not trying to fix this situation, for not making it better somehow. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you know that for most of my life I hated his guts?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two dollars she hated to release turned out to be well spent, for Teapot did have a fracture, although the doctor said poor diet had contributed substantially to the daintiness of his bones. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He acted as if he hated foreigners, especially me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec had been retired from the military for a long time and really, really, really hated it when Mark called him that. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I just hated Western toilets and never used them till I had accidents. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I both loved and hated being in the South, for the simple reason that it was so different from what I knew. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I hated to admit it, but her plan had worked. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you he hated me,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He knew Emo meant what he said; Emo had hated him since the time they had been in grade school together, and the only reason for this hate was that Tayo was part white. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hated how afraid I sounded and the way my voice was shaking. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He hated that money and drugs seemed to be more important than people living freely. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The next period was English and we hated it because it was Blessington. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“In our first meeting, she told me she hated this doctor because she never took the time to talk to her and never asked about her other symptoms,” Burkin said. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There was a way to turn those who hated him into good, loyal believers again, to get all this incomprehensible pressure off him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for one moment I hated Dragonwings, for as light as we had tried to make it, it was still very heavy for only one old horse and several men and a boy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie hated the tremor that had entered Cook’s voice, the way her eyes darted around the kitchen as Richard walked across the tiles in his fine shoes, the heels clacking with each step. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was her face, plain brown eyes, three braids and the nose her mother hated. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He hated the dark, and he hated light more: he hated everything, and the Ring most of all.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ah even hated de way you was born. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I hated talking with that thing on, but I said, “Just go to the park and I’ll call you when I wake up.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

As much as he hated me, he probably should have ripped it to pieces. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

David hated hospitals, and it was worse when he saw Owen lying in bed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furiously Menelaus went through the Trojan ranks seeking Paris, and not a man there but would have helped him for they all hated Paris, but he was gone, no one knew how or where. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Klansmen shared a similar past of poverty and failure, were haunted by the same familiar demons, and hated a common enemy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though Thomas wasn’t that afraid of him anymore, he still hated the guy’s guts. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was one of those rare kids who could move in pretty much any crowd, a regular teenage chameleon who in theory everyone should have hated. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Before, they had laughed at me, despising me for my ignorance and dullness; now, they hated me for my knowledge and understanding. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom hated his handiwork, saying he’d made it look more like a bush than a tree. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He did not retain it very long, for two things made him hated and contemptible. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hated how afraid I felt, how terrified. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hated all that it had taken from me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They hated him and he deserved everything that was coming his way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I came to drop off your Christmas present. I thought your dad hated me, but when I called to see if I could come over, he sounded like he might cry from happiness.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But do I regret that I hated my brother for being afraid? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hated to be rude, but I found I couldn’t answer, couldn’t speak a word of idle talk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated to wash her face, she loathed the area behind her ears, she was sick of combing her hair and did so as little as possible. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hated him at such times, with a hatred that rose straight up out of the death that lay within my spirit. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As dirty as he was, he almost hated to scrub away the smells of musky tiger cub, souring goat’s milk, thick creek mud, and salty Sunderbans water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover she took it for granted that everyone, or nearly everyone, secretly hated the Party and would break the rules if he thought it safe to do so. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The people of Bone Gap thought his adopted name was funny, because they were certain he hated everyone and everything, except for all the women he claimed to date. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He hated doing that—stealing from his own father. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hated it when her mother was about to leave on a business trip. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“You know, I hated moving to that house. I hated the kids at Queen Mary’s, and those boring things like skipping. I didn’t really have any good friends there, except for you.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hated her grandmother and had hidden it from herself all these years under a cloak of pity. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He hated athletics because it speeded up the process of sweat. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he could always stay overnight with Erasmus, he and Emma hated to spend any time apart. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she always complained about how much she hated ironing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Normally she hated it when people called her that, but the way the mate said it reminded her of Nin, who’d rarely used her name. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And John knew, in the moment his father’s eyes swept over him, that he hated John because John was not lying on the sofa where Roy lay. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’m mostly sure it was a real promise—because even though I still hated the Dr. Doris appointments, part of me knew he was right. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Scott hated baked beans, but both George and her mother loved them. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He hated white oppression and white domination, not white people themselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was startlingly aggressive, forcing Bobby into the defensive position he hated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hated having to yell, but she didn’t want her mother coming to her room either. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I remembered him, and how free he was, and I hated him even more. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed to see the formula not as math, which he hated, but as language, which he loved. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He hated shots himself, though he knew that they were necessary. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Around the age of ten, I was held by surprise listening to my best friend tell me one day that he ‘hated’ his father. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie was glad because she hated black and had worried lest her mother put her in deep mourning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad hated the idea, however, and refused to help Mom, so she plotted on her own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At some level, I thought, Wickersham hated our innocence and wanted to cure it through abuse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folks were just drawn to her, and I hated the idea of sharing her. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She hated the way they competed to keep Imogen entertained, splashing and showing off their muscles in the pool. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Brand and Cooke hated each other for a reason that I was never able to determine, and they spent a good part of each day quarreling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he hated—HATED—for anyone to try to ignore his legs. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She hated the sight of blood, even if it was her own blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated his family because he knew that they were suffering and that he was powerless to help them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only person in the world she genuinely hated, now that her mother was dead, was her sister. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was: black students without exception hated the language. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That sounds about right. Angelina hated public bathrooms. She only lets people see what she wants them to see.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I hated those bandannas. They were so cheesy.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In fact, I think he really hated it, hated how I kept pushing him away. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That was fine because I hated it when everything revolved around what Lucy knew and said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember ever hating anyone before—but this morning I hated Gimpy with all my heart. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz hated a puzzle he couldn’t solve, and he and Inej had concocted a hundred theories to account for the murder—none of which satisfied. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We hated her and suspected that the feeling was mutual. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah hated that it was so, so she pushed the thought away. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated using his hands, and he hated bending down, which was always liable to start him coughing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He relaxed—which he hated because he kept telling himself he wasn’t tense. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Someone hated her, that had to be remembered, and he was unpredictable and violent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Johnny already hated the very sound of his name, and then one morning, before breakfast, he met him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella hated touching fish guts even more than coop cleaning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Amos hated bed wetters more than anything in the world and my bed had a sticky, hot, smelly rubber baby sheet on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He hated how small and petty his voice sounded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Because he hated the person he was becoming, and he wanted to leave before you and your brother hated him too.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The hike wasn’t too long, though I hated to lose the sky in the woods. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z