How to Use abhorrent in a Sentence

abhorrent

adjective

• To the rest of the world — and to critics inside the US -- his rhetoric is abhorrent.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 7 Jan. 2020
• Of course, the health claims are false, not to mention abhorrent.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2019
• Let’s be clear: the alt-right that Sandgren seemed to endorse is abhorrent.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• But the next piece could be something very shocking and abhorrent.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 5 July 2019
• What’s lost in the continuing Olympic sport of face-saving, though, is the most abhorrent part.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
• To be clear: Paul's criticism of the process is not unique -- the large majority (if not all) of the rank-and-file members find the way this all played out abhorrent.
  — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 22 Mar. 2018
• The West’s did something abhorrent to Swift, a public beating.
  — Richard S. He, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2018
• The Colts put themselves down 21-0 early in the second quarter with an abhorrent opening quarter on both sides of the ball.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2020
• Rawls and Nurse endure, and ultimately resist, abhorrent treatment in the hope that the end of the war will bring freedom.
  — The Economist, 6 June 2018
• The fourth quarter of Game 4 will go down as one of the most heinous and abhorrent offensive displays of the modern basketball era.
  — Shane Young, Forbes, 27 June 2021
• Sure, YouTube — like other platforms — hosts some abhorrent content and can be a draining waste of time.
  — Abigail Anthony, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
• The tweet was misconstrued by many as an endorsement of the equally abhorrent Far-Right.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2021
• Valerie Reyes, the victim of this crime, was in the prime of her life when it was senselessly ended by Da Silva's abhorrent act.
  — Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• This wasn’t a car accident or risky behavior or karma for any of the abhorrent things teen boys do.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
• No tossing and turning for the man who has played one of the most abhorrent characters onscreen this season.
  — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• That means any ideology has a right to a display, even an abhorrent one.
  — Matthew Malec, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
• The union, no matter how abhorrent the allegations might be, has no choice but to fight for Bauer during his appeal.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2022
• But to have the politicians in our society start messing around with our freedoms is abhorrent.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 4 June 2019
• What did Donald Trump do that was 'downright abhorrent'?
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• Any deaths at all are naturally abhorrent, but the emphasis at least is that there will be many fewer by far.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• United fans are not the only set of supporters to have voiced concerns over such abhorrent pricing.
  — SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• The abuse suffered by the children was both abhorrent and avoidable,'' said attorney Steven Rizzo.
  — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• For all actors, finding common ground with their characters, no matter how abhorrent, is part of the job.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
• These posts are abhorrent to us and a gross violation of Wesleyan’s mission and values.
  — Eric Stirgus, ajc, 5 June 2020
• Top marks for effort, but all of those marks must be deducted for the abhorrent execution of this hairstyle.
  — SI.com, 10 July 2019
• But no matter how abhorrent these allegations are, they cannot be dealt with without due process.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2021
• Bob Gersh, longtime leader of the agency founded by his father in the 1960s, has watched Kanye West’s abhorrent outbursts of antisemitism over the past two weeks with dismay.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 Oct. 2022
• But that apparently wasn’t enough: The Supreme Court made a number of smaller, but still abhorrent, decisions as well.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
• What counts as so morally abhorrent that an association should be erased — and who gets to decide?
  — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 18 July 2019
• Many felt the bags referenced BDSM, and that their presence on the shoot was an abhorrent sexualization of children.
  — Vogue, 9 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024