Example Sentences

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The extra-textual distastefulness of this interview was the only interesting thing about it.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2018

Or as White told me, "There was an outcry from people that wanted to do something positive — people wanted to counteract the distastefulness of consuming other people's tragedies for their own entertainment."

From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2014

“To silence a fringe messenger because of the distastefulness of the message,” the brief said, “is antithetical to the First Amendment’s most basic precepts.”

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2010

Many nudibranchs are brightly colored to advertise their distastefulness to potential predators. 

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2010

Frequent exclamations on the distastefulness of life since the death of all her children, and on account of her present childlessness.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock