Example Sentences

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“The award of $15 million is substantial but does not come close to reflecting the harm caused to Mr. Diaz, or the reprehensibility of Tesla’s conduct.”

From The Verge • Apr. 14, 2022

In a contest of reprehensibility, it's hard to call who takes the blue ribbon among John Edwards, Rielle Hunter and the editors of the National Enquirer.

From Time • Jan. 7, 2011

In a marquee cast -- Saundra Santiago of Miami Vice, Tony Goldwyn of Ghost -- the standout is film veteran Kevin Bacon as Edward, blending ribaldry, rudeness, rapscallion reprehensibility and believable redemption.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stood silent for a moment, the cigar-boxes under his arm, uncertain whether he ought not to enlighten her as to the reprehensibility of her late conduct in regard to her aunt and Klutz.

From The Benefactress by Elizabeth

But I do not gather that he thought that this carried any very great moral reprehensibility.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Hendrick, Burton Jesse