Example Sentences

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"Actually, the idea of wearing it repulses me, I don't even take my old ones out of my drawer. It's a shame, because the shirt itself is gorgeous."

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2022

But you never, ever have any obligation to go out with someone who repulses you in any way.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2021

“Beth, the thought of cutting up a turkey repulses me.”

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2019

But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others.

From Nature • Jul. 24, 2018

But while Thomas’s touch now repulses me, I feel no revulsion toward Day.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu