abhorrent

Example Sentences

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A government spokesperson said the "abhorrent practice" should never have taken place.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

His abhorrent behavior is sadly too common across the restaurant industry, from the finest dining to the humblest street stalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

They are clearly abhorrent and I have never questioned his conviction.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Pop icon Elton John on Friday accused the publisher of two UK tabloids of "abhorrent" privacy invasions "outside even the most basic standards of human decency" as he testified at London's High Court.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Tonsures, pigtails, head completely shaved but for a single forelock, long sides drawn into a queue with a raffish short-cut roach in the middle—all of it was prideful and abhorrent to the Pilgrims.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann