be repelled by
Example Sentences
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India were surging, only to be repelled by Pope and Foakes.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2024
Noel Amano, an archaeozoologist in Jena, worries those and future partners may be repelled by the controversy.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2021
Thomson said the state’s calculation is that “more commuters will be drawn to the HOT lanes than will be repelled by them, resulting in a net gain in overall traffic flow along alternative routes.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2017
Some might be repelled by their own negative experiences at school or believe the job means a string of bad-tempered kids and paltry paychecks.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2016
It is a charge which can now only be repelled by the previous character of the individual against whom it is made, since it was never fairly made out, nor satisfactorily contradicted.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
