reprehensible
Example Sentences
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‘Regardless of whether or not the move is legal, it is certainly disgraceful, despicable, reprehensible, loathsome, outrageous and just plain truly pathetic,’ writes an L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
The Scottish Youth Parliament said Linden's actions were "reprehensible and diametrically opposed" to its values.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
And so policing conduct that they saw maybe 10 years ago, and would have found reprehensible then, could actually seem to be okay now with the bar so low.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026
"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting," they said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
The brocaded hangings beamed on the walls in soft folds—and, on the floor, a desperate and reprehensible luxury, there was a genuine carpet.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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