How to Use repugnant in a Sentence

repugnant

adjective

• The irony is that both Michael Spender and John Auden came to think of empire as repugnant.
  — Neel Mukherjee, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
• The sole difference between the normal clients and the repugnant clients is the fee.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 July 2021
• Not long ago, the act of saving sounded repugnant to me.
  — Darnell Mayberry | , cleveland, 15 July 2023
• And, by the way, Fonda wasn't the only repugnant person on the left to go after a Trump child.
  — Fox News, 22 June 2018
• The decision by the person in the video was wrong, repugnant, and pointless.
  — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2022
• Click through above to see some of the most heinous and repugnant designs ever put to fabric!
  — Dan Carson, Houston Chronicle, 7 Dec. 2019
• In time, the idea of a strait-laced life starts to sound a little repugnant, the idea of a job behind a desk or counter a touch insulting.
  — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• What to think — what to do — about great artists whose politics are repugnant?
  — Nancy Kline, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2017
• Elon Musk sells $2M worth of his 'repugnant' new perfume.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
• Smith said on the air that Carlson's attack was repugnant.
  — David Bauder, Star Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
• During the trial, jurors came face-to-face with the repugnant views of the defendants.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 24 Nov. 2021
• Except in this week’s episode, things are openly repugnant, even in the daylight.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Aug. 2018
• Does that repugnant notion deserve its full day in court, where somber judges weigh both sides?
  — Star Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020
• In the first two games combined, the Clippers shot a repugnant 9-of-32 on threes with at least six feet of space between the shooter and defender.
  — Shane Young, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• The concept of closing the doors to immigrants is repugnant to the concept of America.
  — Jo Ann Zuniga, Houston Chronicle, 9 May 2018
• This was repugnant to see a campaign sign festooned on our property, on the White House, with a big iron gate outside so that the people can’t even come in.
  — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2020
• Even Domingo, who plays the sinister and repugnant X, looks dapper as hell in his silk shirts, linen pants, and flashy rattlesnake shoes.
  — Jasmin Hernandez, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 June 2021
• Eventually his antics were so repugnant that the Church was obliged to remove him from his post.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2019
• What was repugnant about Trump's remark was not his use of a vulgarity in a White House meeting.
  — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 17 Jan. 2018
• But this isn’t just about one comedian and one repugnant word.
  — Ruben Navarrette, The Mercury News, 7 June 2017
• This looks to have applied to Bolsonaro, whose fondness for saying repugnant things is no secret.
  — Ryan Lloyd, Vox, 26 Oct. 2018
• So much so, that brands are sure to put all kinds of caveats in a celebrity contract to try and protect themselves from any repugnant celebrity behavior.
  — Rob Fallon, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• Trump backed away from those earlier repugnant comments, and most Republicans, elected and rank-and-file, are clear about who the bad guy is here.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2022
• The second repugnant aspect of the Texas law is its system of enforcement, redolent of the methods used by the secret police in fascist regimes.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 1 Sep. 2021
• Has there ever been a concept so repugnant as the private college counselor?
  — Evan Mandery, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
• Fox Odoi-Oywelowo, one of the few lawmakers who opposed the bill, called it repugnant and retrogressive.
  — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• Hundley never reached those heights while leading his teams to two mid-tier bowl victories and a 3-0 record against those repugnant rivals across town.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• The display of swastikas and yellow Stars of David outside my office today is repugnant and offensive.
  — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2021
• Many of your characters are living their truths and don’t care what anyone thinks, even if their behavior is repugnant.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022
• I was raised at a women’s action coalition meeting,’ and that’s repugnant to [my critics] on a thousand levels.
  — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 11 Jan. 2017

Last Updated: 28 May 2024