be abhorrent
Example Sentences
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The BBC understands the activist's messages had not been brought to attention of the prime minister until they were highlighted in recent days - and the government considers them to be abhorrent.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
But I also find the whole field to be abhorrent.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2020
That logic should be abhorrent but there has been little outrage from the American people.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2020
In addition, abuse of power can be abhorrent without being a violation of the law.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2018
But surely to acquiesce in a system which reduces the people to a dead level of social depression, despotism, and semi-barbarism would be abhorrent from the first principles of philanthropy.
From Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans by Mitchell, J. Murray (John Murray)
