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Also included is a large-scale reproduction of Helen Frankenthaler’s 1973 “Nature Abhors a Vacuum,” also in the National Gallery.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2015

He, who erects his altar in the heart, Abhors the sacrifice of human blood, And all the false devotion of that zeal Which massacres the world he died to save.

From Percy A Tragedy by More, Hannah

Hutton describes a Puritan as one who "Abhors a sattin suit, a velvet cloak, And sayes tobacco is the Devill's smoke."

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.

I'll have my mouth first stopt with earth; my heart Abhors his knowledge: I disclaim in him.

From Volpone; Or, the Fox by Jonson, Ben

Both: O royal Rex, My/her blameless sex Abhors such conduct shady.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir