Example Sentences

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"I had reporters, in revoltingly poor taste, seeking me out for a knee-jerk reaction, wanting to know the whereabouts of my father's remains, waiting for me outside the Franklin County coroner's office," he wrote.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2013

The backstories of minor characters are nailed in a phrase: for example, someone who "had made such a killing in the commodities market that he remained revoltingly wealthy after losing two-thirds of his fortune in a divorce".

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2013

But his crowning glory is the revoltingly seedy Brian Gittins, a roadside cafe owner with delusions of a career in showbusiness.

From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2012

The Wizards were bad that night — historically, amazingly, revoltingly bad — in a 116-89 loss.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2011

I shake my head to eject such a revoltingly responsible thought out of it.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali