repugnant

Example Sentences

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Some might find “Anniversary” too vague: What, precisely, is Liz’s political stance that makes her so powerful and so repugnant to Ellen?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Second, tying liberty to wealth — and allowing other people to profit off the provision of liberty, thereby creating a cottage industry of freedom loans — is morally repugnant.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2025

Families of the victims previously said in a statement the potential breach was "gross and inexcusable voyeurism at the most repugnant level".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

The courts really do have the power to examine a statute or a permit and say, No, this is repugnant to the constitution and must be set aside.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2024

Some Chicagoans who had found slavery repugnant now shuddered at the prospect of free blacks surging in to take up residence in their city.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield