repulse

Aristotle recognized that we take pleasure in viewing fictional representations of tragedies, suffering and mutilated corpses that would repulse us if we confronted them in reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Now he dresses as if he looks in his closet, asks what would most repulse women, and throws that on to speak in public.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2025

TAIPEI, Taiwan — When Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky called in February for foreign volunteers to help repulse invading Russian forces, Chuang Yu-wei, a Taiwanese tour guide, signed up the next day.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2022

In an update posted on social media, U.K. officials say that “despite heavy fighting, Ukrainian forces continue to repulse Russian attempts to occupy” the city.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

We dissolved into each other, and we shared a common struggle against the evil within, which fought to repulse Ultima’s magic.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

"Actually, the idea of wearing it repulses me, I don't even take my old ones out of my drawer. It's a shame, because the shirt itself is gorgeous."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2022

“What if Matthew McConaughey were a terrifying two-dimensional being who repulses everybody he encounters?” isn’t just the plot of my latest piece of Matthew McConaughey fan-fiction: It’s the premise of this year’s Doritos ad.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021

“Beth, the thought of cutting up a turkey repulses me.”

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2019

But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others.

From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2018

But while Thomas’s touch now repulses me, I feel no revulsion toward Day.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

Germany repulsed the invasion of East Prussia in late 1914 and pressed its advantage hundreds of miles eastward, deep into Russian territory, the following year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

There were those repulsed by the kind of language parodied in these books, and those who forced everyone else to speak this way.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2025

The resulting documentary has already been released on Hulu in the US - with critics as fascinated by the story as they are repulsed by Nasubi's ordeal.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2024

But many voters I’ve talked with are so repulsed — and, at times, confused — by the character’s actions that they can’t vote for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

Only three shabbily-dressed women lingered near her, and because she could not contain her eagerness, Kit smiled and would have spoken, but she was abruptly repulsed by their sharply curious eyes.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

This ion is pushed out of the crystal by the repulsing forces of the nearby Li+ ions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

Staufenbiel was at his best when it came to illuminating the emotional energies attracting or repulsing these characters.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Speaking on the phone from Kyiv, Mr Zhorin said the roughly 1,000 Ukrainian defenders left in the works have been fighting in "360 degrees for more than one month", repulsing attacks from all angles.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2022

That’s especially detrimental to the UH-60 Black Hawks, helicopters that are used for everything from repulsing Taliban onslaughts to casualty evacuation to resupply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

And we were careful not to touch, so careful it felt like some repulsing magnetic field had settled between us.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx