objectionable person
Example Sentences
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Should a morally objectionable person be allowed to teach?
From Time Magazine Archive
But she had made up her mind that Harris Colesworth was going to be a very objectionable person to have about, and so she would not accept his friendly attitude or thoughtfulness as real virtues.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
“No, I’m not,” replied Charlie, as curtly as he could, for he had no desire to encourage the conversation of this objectionable person.
From The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed
All the other old favourites of vituperative must have missed fire before this almost sacred, disqualifying Podsnappianism is applied to the objectionable person, picture, book, behaviour, or movement.
From Masques & Phases by Robert Ross
To “name” would be dangerous, but reflect for a moment upon the many plays—good plays—that have failed in recent years simply because the beloved actor-manager has been cast for the part of an objectionable person.
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
