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
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
It is infinitely sweeter to be attracted by the fragrance of Paradise than to be repelled by the sulphurous fumes of Pandemonium.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various
