repellent

Example Sentences

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Franz Kafka’s novella “The Metamorphosis” asks: What if, overnight, you became “a horrible vermin”—a creature among the most repellent ever to crawl the earth?

From The Wall Street Journal

To the Nolan fanboys, the “Batman” television series’ creators made West carry shark repellent and throw onomatopoeic punches because they didn’t understand what it meant to be Batman.

From Salon

It's that tension of Bunny being both repellent and relatable that gives the story its emotional punch.

From BBC

Stone can play shrewd, silly, gorgeous, repellent, frail and frightening simultaneously, in a register at once intimate and grand-scale.

From Los Angeles Times

As a result, public health strategies increasingly emphasize community participation, routine elimination of standing water, and the use of mosquito repellents, screens, and protective clothing to reduce the risk of infection.

From Science Daily