abhorrence
Example Sentences
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The gingery hero of “Bookish” has an abhorrence of murder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
It had everything to do with the public’s interest in the news and the First Amendment’s abhorrence of prior restraints.
From Slate • May 21, 2024
In general, we can say that police harbor a kind of natural abhorrence of protest because it's disorderly and policing is about the production of social order.
From Salon • May 14, 2024
The consultation which led to its introduction was supported, for example, by the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities which said that it enabled "society to signal its abhorrence of prejudice and hatred against identifiable groups."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024
To Pascal, this seemingly bizarre behavior proved that it wasn’t an abhorrence of the vacuum that drove the mercury up the tube.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing abhorrence
The Book Thief
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Stories of Ourselves
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