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Perhaps you will ask me how, in the eighteenth century, so many distinguished, so many honest souls could let themselves be seduced by a system that must have been revolting to all their sentiments.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor

This episode denotes a morbid curiosity which must have been revolting to Luis de Leon's austere nature.

From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James

The mere thought of causing Swann so much distress would have been revolting to him.

From Swann's Way by Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

Hunger, in fact, made this repast, which would have been revolting under ordinary circumstances, not only acceptable, but positively delicious.

From The Island Home by Dalziel

Suppose the imitation had been so close as to deceive the audience into the belief that there were birds there singing; would not the contrast with trees of painted canvass have been revolting?

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various