Example Sentences

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But I’ve said this before about other works saddled with problematic creators and/or scandals: Legitimate excellence can withstand most related odiousness, although horrible behavior in the name of art is never excusable.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

Partly because of Mr. Snyder’s odiousness, the Commanders’ attempt to secure public financing for a new stadium in Virginia stalled in June.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022

In a 13-page dissent, Thomas, a Georgia native and the court’s only African American, said Gattie’s views “are certainly odious. But their odiousness does not excuse us from doing our jobs correctly,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2018

And that’s the final piece of odiousness in juice cleanses—that their purity and excellence is inevitably tied to wealth.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2013

The image left him, but n the odiousness never did.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison