abhorrent

Example Sentences

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His abhorrent behavior is sadly too common across the restaurant industry, from the finest dining to the humblest street stalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Spurs said the "conduct of a small number of fans" was "utterly abhorrent" and have issued them with banning orders.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

They are clearly abhorrent and I have never questioned his conviction.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Pop icon Elton John on Friday accused the publisher of two UK tabloids of "abhorrent" privacy invasions "outside even the most basic standards of human decency" as he testified at London's High Court.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Apartheid is, in my view, as abhorrent as anti- Semitism.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel