repulse
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Aristotle recognized that we take pleasure in viewing fictional representations of tragedies, suffering and mutilated corpses that would repulse us if we confronted them in reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Now he dresses as if he looks in his closet, asks what would most repulse women, and throws that on to speak in public.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2025
Troops from South Korea, the United States and other countries under the direction of the United Nations battle to repulse the invasion.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
Persuading people to join the fight against mass incarceration because Whites stand to benefit is bound to repulse those already committed to the cause.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2021
According to one source, he also pivoted north in time to repulse a Seleucid counterattack against Egypt.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
"Actually, the idea of wearing it repulses me, I don't even take my old ones out of my drawer. It's a shame, because the shirt itself is gorgeous."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2022
But you never, ever have any obligation to go out with someone who repulses you in any way.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2021
“Beth, the thought of cutting up a turkey repulses me.”
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2019
But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others.
From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2018
But while Thomas’s touch now repulses me, I feel no revulsion toward Day.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
Honestly, it’s refreshing to be repulsed and intrigued by a movie willing to plumb these psychological depths when Hollywood won’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
Gen. James Bartholomees told the troops after they were deemed to have repulsed the invaders from the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
There were those repulsed by the kind of language parodied in these books, and those who forced everyone else to speak this way.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2025
It added that another four attacks had targeted Tetkino, but were "repulsed".
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
And I know he would have high-fived me, but he was too deeply repulsed, and he was probably afraid I had some piss on my hand, besides.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
This ion is pushed out of the crystal by the repulsing forces of the nearby Li+ ions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
Staufenbiel was at his best when it came to illuminating the emotional energies attracting or repulsing these characters.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Speaking on the phone from Kyiv, Mr Zhorin said the roughly 1,000 Ukrainian defenders left in the works have been fighting in "360 degrees for more than one month", repulsing attacks from all angles.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2022
That’s especially detrimental to the UH-60 Black Hawks, helicopters that are used for everything from repulsing Taliban onslaughts to casualty evacuation to resupply.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
And we were careful not to touch, so careful it felt like some repulsing magnetic field had settled between us.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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