Example Sentences

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The whole ceremony had been revolting; he loathed the adulation and the fulsome sentiment.

From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Thoughts of the long summer days, and the dreary, interminable winter, when the distractions of labour are denied the farmer, had been revolting to her.

From The Hound From The North by Bull, Charles Livingston