repels
- present tense form of repel (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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She watch'd the golden fruit; her charms unbind The chains of love, or fix them on the mind: She stops the torrents, leaves the channel dry, Repels the stars, and backward bears the sky.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
And now the hills Are seen no more; and rivers whelmed in one; Beasts with their homes sweep downwards; and the tide Repels the foaming torrent.
From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan
His callous eye Repels devotion, while his reckless vein Demands prompt sacrifice.
From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
