repelled

Example Sentences

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They were briefly repelled by a security guard, who, along with two other victims in the parking lot, alerted people at the center and police to the attack, saving lives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Cokayne's brave turnover, clamping down in the shadow of her own posts, repelled that attack.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Kuwait's military said it repelled a dawn drone attack.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The author acknowledges that there is a benefit to being repelled by animals that carry disease—or that look like they might.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

I knelt on the carpet, listening to my father but studying this stranger, and felt suspended between them, drawn to each, repelled by both.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover