be repelled by
Example Sentences
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Or perhaps they took up the case out of a desire to narrow the scope of Section 1983, only to be repelled by the petitioners’ radical and indefensible arguments.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2023
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
The two positive charges are seen to be repelled by the photon exchange.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
However much we may be repelled by the thinker, we are attracted by the magnetism of the man, by his noble courage, by his splendid integrity, by his love of truth, his hatred of cant.
From German Problems and Personalities by Saroléa, Charles
