Example Sentences
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Honestly, it’s refreshing to be repulsed and intrigued by a movie willing to plumb these psychological depths when Hollywood won’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Initially repulsed by her new housemate, a closer relationship gradually develops between the two women.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
There were those repulsed by the kind of language parodied in these books, and those who forced everyone else to speak this way.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2025
He remembered how terrified, how repulsed she had looked when he had summoned Gray.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
