be reprehensible
Example Sentences
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Thirlwall found their treatment to be "reprehensible", and said hospital executives used the risk of upsetting the parents as a convenient argument to justify not calling the police.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
It would be reprehensible to take Bert to the shelter because he’s so old, and I can’t do something like that to my brother’s dog.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2018
“The idea of having six senators from California would be reprehensible to Congress,” she said.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2018
While these pictures can be considered art and each has historical significance, they can also be recognized as sentimentalizing or implicitly endorsing behavior now thought to be reprehensible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2017
A member may be called to order by another member, as well as by the President, and may be allowed to explain his conduct or expressions supposed to be reprehensible.
From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden
