odiousness

Example Sentences

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But I’ve said this before about other works saddled with problematic creators and/or scandals: Legitimate excellence can withstand most related odiousness, although horrible behavior in the name of art is never excusable.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

Partly because of Mr. Snyder’s odiousness, the Commanders’ attempt to secure public financing for a new stadium in Virginia stalled in June.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022

In a 13-page dissent, Thomas, a Georgia native and the court’s only African American, said Gattie’s views “are certainly odious. But their odiousness does not excuse us from doing our jobs correctly,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2018

Dana Stevens’s list of the 10 best movies of the year is so enjoyable and illuminating to read that it makes Dana’s constant carping about the odiousness of top-10 lists seem kind of off-point.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2017

The image left him, but n the odiousness never did.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison