repugnant

Example Sentences

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“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” announced then-ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Rupert Lowe, the independent MP for Great Yarmouth, said the situation was "morally repugnant" and added: "This is not the Britain I want to live in."

From BBC • May 24, 2025

New additions Josh Charles and Timothy Simons are also flawlessly cast in roles that, like Serena, are similar to repugnant figures who have been normalized, whether famous or simply common.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025

The courts really do have the power to examine a statute or a permit and say, No, this is repugnant to the constitution and must be set aside.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2024

As far as Kepler was concerned, elliptical orbits were merely an ad hoc hypothesis, and a rather repugnant one at that, because ellipses were clearly less perfect than circles.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking