Example Sentences

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Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas has revealed she was told her stretch marks were "revolting" by a dance judge, six weeks after giving birth.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

"The Brits were revolting," quipped Vertical Research analyst Rob Stallard.

From Reuters • May 13, 2022

Perhaps it was user error, but the results were revolting.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2021

Park – the closest thing Korea had to a princess – had conducted herself in the manner of an absolute monarch, and now the masses were revolting in front of the ancient palace.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2017

He would think of himself as being a civilized man, to whom the manners of the people were revolting, and he would endeavour, whilst avoiding their example, to set them a better.

From The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles by Wilmot-Buxton, H. J.