objectionable person

Example Sentences

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Should a morally objectionable person be allowed to teach?

From Time Magazine Archive

The stout sallow-complexioned dame kissed her, and it was now broken to her that she was betrothed to Erik Pontoppidan Egeland, the most objectionable person under the sun.

From Skipper Worse by Kielland, Alexander Lange

It is scarcely possible that you will meet him anywhere except at Mrs. Willoughby's, and if you go there any more you must learn the art of shaking off an objectionable person speedily.

From The Earth Trembled by Roe, Edward Payson

This objectionable person would call at the houses of the most illustrious Mandarins, and would command the slaves to carry to their masters his tablets, on which were inscribed his name and his virtues.

From The Wallet of Kai Lung by Bramah, Ernest

In a moment of temporary aberration I suggested that the "dragon" might not be, after all, such an objectionable person as she appeared, and that perhaps she could be won over by kindness.

From In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories by Barr, Robert