Example sentences for: repugnant

How can you use “repugnant” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Though slightly less repugnant than the idea of eating males before the sex.)

  • Obviously, what Rocker said was repugnant; his exact comments had to do with all the ethnic groups one deals with on a subway ride to New York's Shea Stadium.

  • Court of Appeals panel in Philadelphia to throw out the law, calling it "profoundly repugnant."

  • They argue that criminals should be punished for their crimes, not for their motives, and that making a particular belief--even a repugnant one--a factor in sentencing violates the First Amendment.

  • For example, you might, after observing the natural behavior of praying mantises, be tempted to conclude that it is morally good for females to eat males after sex--and this, I submit, would be a repugnant and wrongheaded doctrine!


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