repulse

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

He thought: if there is a repulse, this will be good country to defend.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

"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

“What if Matthew McConaughey were a terrifying two-dimensional being who repulses everybody he encounters?” isn’t just the plot of my latest piece of Matthew McConaughey fan-fiction: It’s the premise of this year’s Doritos ad.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021

But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others.

From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2018

But for many cultures, the thought of eating another human repulses us so greatly; it can be hard to imagine our ancestors might have consumed a relative out of respect, she says.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2017

But while Thomas’s touch now repulses me, I feel no revulsion toward Day.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

Emma Little-Pengelly said that people who worked alongside Donaldson over the past 20 years are "floored, shocked and utterly repulsed".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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

But he’s more fascinated than repulsed by the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

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

Hating himself, repulsed by what he was doing, Harry forced the goblet back toward Dumbledore’s mouth and tipped it, so that Dumbledore drank the remainder of the potion inside.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

A key condition for success in repulsing the Chinese attack is that Taiwan’s government and military must successfully resist and not surrender.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 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

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