Example sentences for: repulsive

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

  • She found him leprous and reptilian and saw in him "concentration, craftiness, cruelty and something indefinably repulsive."

  • Let me choose my words carefully: Donald Trump is the single most repulsive person on the planet.

  • This film about a man reincarnated as a snowman so that he may comfort his grieving son is said to be "treacly and fake" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). The animatronic snowman (with Michael Keaton's voice) looks like a "large, wisecracking marshmallow man" (the New York Times ) and is described by Ebert as "the most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects."

  • The Farrelly brothers' latest slapstick is said to hark back to the screwball romances of the 1940s: The Dumb & Dumber directors temper their repulsive humor--which includes gags about a mangled penis and the mentally retarded--with a touching love story.

  • You can have tea on the Upper Terrace overlooking tropical plants, exotic birds and repulsive reptiles.


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