Example Sentences

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The sight of the man's few dark hairs had disgusted her.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The boatman had been alive with lice, which had disgusted the other villagers but seemed not to worry Crocodile Guts at all.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

He thought of the breakfast food Mrs. Cooper had put before him, which had disgusted him then.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

In his return to the more primitive, bolder life he unconsciously left behind him all the "soft phrases" which had disgusted his son.

From The Eagle's Heart by Garland, Hamlin

She knew that she had disgusted him; and she hinted at this in the letter of scolding gratitude which she wrote to Mrs. Burton before she slept, for the trick she had played her.

From The Coast of Bohemia by Howells, William Dean