repugnance

Example Sentences

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Her Coachella set stared down repugnance and pushed against it, radiating so brightly it consumed the darkness, if only for a night.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

You regard that history with repugnance, and no doubt your friends would say they share that sentiment.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2021

Some combination of awe and repugnance and confusion that she’s spent so many of her obviously prodigious talents spinning stories for men who need their stories spun.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2020

It highlights his father’s repugnance for “prejudices toward women, race and creed,” Cash says.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2019

All their repugnance was contained in the neat balance of the triangles—a balance that soothed him, transferred some of its equilibrium to him.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison