repulsiveness

Example Sentences

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For a very long time now, dating at least back to the original Spygate, the New England Patriots have set the standard for comprehensive repulsiveness.

From Golf Digest • Nov. 18, 2019

However, I was also struck by how much interviewees, generally, mentioned Weinstein’s appearance – his ugliness, his weight, his repulsiveness.

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2019

But she also uses that scenario to put her only slant on the concept of cringe comedy, moving that brand of humor deeper into the territory of repulsiveness.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2018

The repulsiveness of the sight gag is softened by its absurdity — just one reminder of many that this is a movie calibrated to cross the line, though always in service of a laugh.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2017

Slaughtering.—Great improvements have been made in the slaughtering of animals, by which a great amount of its repulsiveness and the unhealthfulness of its surroundings have been removed.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry