abhorrence

Example Sentences

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The gingery hero of “Bookish” has an abhorrence of murder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

It had everything to do with the public’s interest in the news and the First Amendment’s abhorrence of prior restraints.

From Slate • May 21, 2024

In general, we can say that police harbor a kind of natural abhorrence of protest because it's disorderly and policing is about the production of social order.

From Salon • May 14, 2024

The consultation which led to its introduction was supported, for example, by the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities which said that it enabled "society to signal its abhorrence of prejudice and hatred against identifiable groups."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

Zero and infinity had destroyed the Arisotelian philosophy; the void and the infinite cosmos had eliminated the nutshell universe and the idea of nature’s abhorrence of the vacuum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife