repulsive

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ireland indicates the uneven power dynamics involved when Leigh, though squirming at the idea, is needled into answering the same repulsive question, settling on Margaret Thatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“And besides, the idea that a few will survive on Mars, while billions die on Earth is so morally repulsive that any programme foolish enough to adopt it would be doomed,” he wrote.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

It was the latest flare-up involving Tuchel and Bellingham after the England boss was forced to apologise for revealing his mother found some of the midfielder's on-pitch antics "repulsive".

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

However, she can only eat small cherry tomatoes because she finds the big ones, with their slimy, jelly-like interior, repulsive - something plenty of neurodivergent people will agree with.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Instead, they attempted to modify the theory by making the gravitational force repulsive at very large distances.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking