abhorrent

Example Sentences

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"I don't want hundreds of thousands of children in this country living in poverty. I think it's abhorrent," he said.

From BBC

“It is hypocritical to say that it is abhorrent to tactically shift voters based on race, but not to do so based on party affiliation,” he said.

From Salon

The seven-hour drive was stretched when they doubled back at the California border after gazing upon the state’s abhorrent gas prices.

From Los Angeles Times

Erin West, a longtime US cybercrime prosecutor who resigned last year to campaign full-time for action, said "it is abhorrent that an American company is enabling this to happen".

From Barron's

Our America is not ruled by a petty, vindictive despot wannabe with an outrageous history of criminal and socially abhorrent behavior who imagines he is king.

From Salon