repels
- present tense form of repel (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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She watch'd the golden fruit; her charms unbind The chains of love, or fix them on the mind: She stops the torrents, leaves the channel dry, Repels the stars, and backward bears the sky.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
His callous eye Repels devotion, while his reckless vein Demands prompt sacrifice.
From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
And now the hills Are seen no more; and rivers whelmed in one; Beasts with their homes sweep downwards; and the tide Repels the foaming torrent.
From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan
