repulse
Example Sentences
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Mr. Lewis is alternately magnetized and repulsed by Sellers and goes to exhaustive lengths to comprehend him, eventually resorting to quoting Sellers—a believer in the power of the Ouija board—via a spiritual medium.
But he’s more fascinated than repulsed by the city.
From Los Angeles Times
Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.
Initially repulsed by her new housemate, a closer relationship gradually develops between the two women.
From BBC
Now he dresses as if he looks in his closet, asks what would most repulse women, and throws that on to speak in public.
From Salon
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