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Example sentences for: repellent

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"Heil Harvard" describes how Austria's far-right leader, the repellent Jorg Haider, is polishing his reputation by attending Harvard conferences and schmoozing American politicians.
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Piper auritum leaf juice is applied topically to remove ticks and head lice in El Salvador and Ecuador respectively [ 92 ] . In Guatemala, Panama and Columbia the juice of crushed leaves of Piper species or the decoction of roots are drunk or used in baths for snakebites or rubbed onto the body as a snake repellent [ 63 95 139 ] . In Eastern Nicaragua and Jamaica Piper hispidum is used in remedies for colds, fever, stomach aches and for aches and pains [ 116 53 ] . In Trinidad, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean countries Piper amalgo leaf infusions are used as ritual baths or baths to perfume the body [ 52 16 ] .
Critics either love it or hate it: Either the movie "overflows with repellent humor" (Joan Anderman, the Boston Globe ), or it's "loony, unapologetic fun ...
The newcomers came armed with a powerful repellent.