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
Noel Amano, an archaeozoologist in Jena, worries those and future partners may be repelled by the controversy.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2021
Diamagnetic substances have a slight tendency to be repelled by magnetic fields.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
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 nation could no longer supply him, and the strong coalition which took place against him, was not to be repelled by a broken-down army.
From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Alison, Archibald, Sir
