repulse

Aristotle recognized that we take pleasure in viewing fictional representations of tragedies, suffering and mutilated corpses that would repulse us if we confronted them in reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

His malignity and psychopathology seem to attract followers when these same characteristics should repulse people.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2024

In an update posted on social media, U.K. officials say that “despite heavy fighting, Ukrainian forces continue to repulse Russian attempts to occupy” the city.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

Nowhere else in Africa did a local ruler so successfully organize to repulse the invaders, but if circumstances had been different, they certainly could have done so.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

We dissolved into each other, and we shared a common struggle against the evil within, which fought to repulse Ultima’s magic.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

"Actually, the idea of wearing it repulses me, I don't even take my old ones out of my drawer. It's a shame, because the shirt itself is gorgeous."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2022

The idea of a commute totally repulses me because why would anyone waste 30 minutes of their life every day for that?

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2018

But this very unnaturalness terrifies and repulses others.

From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2018

But for many cultures, the thought of eating another human repulses us so greatly; it can be hard to imagine our ancestors might have consumed a relative out of respect, she says.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2017

But while Thomas’s touch now repulses me, I feel no revulsion toward Day.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

Emma Little-Pengelly said that people who worked alongside Donaldson over the past 20 years are "floored, shocked and utterly repulsed".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Honestly, it’s refreshing to be repulsed and intrigued by a movie willing to plumb these psychological depths when Hollywood won’t.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

Gen. James Bartholomees told the troops after they were deemed to have repulsed the invaders from the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

There were those repulsed by the kind of language parodied in these books, and those who forced everyone else to speak this way.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2025

The yeti devours anything that strays into its path, though it fears fire and may be repulsed by skilled wizards.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

This ion is pushed out of the crystal by the repulsing forces of the nearby Li+ ions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

Staufenbiel was at his best when it came to illuminating the emotional energies attracting or repulsing these characters.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Speaking on the phone from Kyiv, Mr Zhorin said the roughly 1,000 Ukrainian defenders left in the works have been fighting in "360 degrees for more than one month", repulsing attacks from all angles.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2022

That’s especially detrimental to the UH-60 Black Hawks, helicopters that are used for everything from repulsing Taliban onslaughts to casualty evacuation to resupply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

And we were careful not to touch, so careful it felt like some repulsing magnetic field had settled between us.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx