Example Sentences

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“The lies that have been spewed about the Haitian community — about my community — have been disgusting, deeply hurtful and dangerous.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

“It would have been disgusting if I were young, but it was particularly gross and unwelcome.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2017

Such greed would have been disgusting, if it hadn't been so very, very funny.

From The Adventures of Grandfather Frog by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

And Terry would rattle off the details of the latest murder mystery with a cheerfully matter-of-fact air that would have been disgusting had it not been so funny.

From The Four Pools Mystery by Webster, Jean

When all the scraps of horseflesh had been broiled upon the coals, they were devoured with a ravenous greediness that would have been disgusting in wild beasts.

From Farewell by Marriage, Ellen