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1 " The universal pervasion of ugliness, hideous landscapes, vile noises, foul language...everything. Unnatural, broken, blasted; the distortion of the dead, whose unburiable bodies sit outside the dug outs all day, all night, the most execrable sights on earth. In poetry we call them the most glorious. "
― Wilfred Owen , The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen
2 " Since I don't know what execrable means, I though I should look it up so I'll be better equipped to deal with whatever I'm about to see." Ignoring the ladies' tottering Millie continued perusing the pages until she found the word she was looking for. Lifting her head after she read the definition, she glanced around. " Begging your pardon Mrs. Cutling, but I don't see anything out here of a wretched or" - she returned her attention to the dictionary- " abominable nature. Although" -she flipped the pages to the A's -" I don't know what that means either. "
3 " Since I don't know what execrable means, I though I should look it up so I'll be better equipped to deal with whatever I'm about to see." Ignoring the ladies' tottering Millie continued perusing the pages until she found the word she was looking for. Lifting her head after she read the definition, she glanced around. " Begging your pardon Mrs. Cutling, but I don't see anything out here of a wretched or" - she returned her attention to the dictionary- " abominable nature. Although" -she flipped the pages to the A's -" I don't know what that means either. "
4 " Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right. Ships are sent with the first opportunity; the natives driven out or destroyed; their princes tortured to discover their gold; a free license given to all acts of inhumanity and lust, the earth reeking with the blood of its inhabitants: and this execrable crew of butchers, employed in so pious an expedition, is a modern colony, sent to convert and civilize an idolatrous and barbarous people! "
― Jonathan Swift , Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
5 " Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, hung upon the infamous cross between two thieves, finally in such a horrible and execrable manner suffering death, for your salvation and that of the world? "
