repel
verb (used with object)
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
is repelling
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present progressiveof repel (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“It is compelling to some, but it is repelling to others.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2024
"The Ministry of Defence is repelling a drone attack on Pskov airport," Pskov Governor Mikhail Vedernikov wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
Howe'er you flounce, I here pronounce, Your medicine is repelling; Your water's mud, and sours the blood When drunk at Ballyspellin.
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by William Ernst Browning
Esculapius with his left hand is repelling Time, armed with his scythe, and with his right is offering a draught to the sick, one of whom is thanking him.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
On the left of the pediment the angel of Vengeance is repelling the Vices.
From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by David W. Bartlett
