be reprehensible

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It would be reprehensible to take Bert to the shelter because he’s so old, and I can’t do something like that to my brother’s dog.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2018

“The idea of having six senators from California would be reprehensible to Congress,” she said.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2018

While these pictures can be considered art and each has historical significance, they can also be recognized as sentimentalizing or implicitly endorsing behavior now thought to be reprehensible.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2017

“I want you to know that I consider these actions, if true, to be reprehensible and I know they are not representative of the agents of the U.S. Border Patrol,” Kerlikowske said.

From Time • Mar. 17, 2014

Thus the physical ordeal was the fulfillment of a vow, and a sort of atonement for what might otherwise appear to be reprehensible weakness in the face of death.

From The Soul of the Indian by Eastman, Charles Alexander