repulsed; repulsing
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Examples of repulse in a Sentence
Verb
The troops repulsed the attack.
I was repulsed by the movie's violence.
The moldy bread repulsed him.
He repulsed all attempts to help him.
Noun
the waiter's incredibly rude repulse of our polite request for a better table—one that wasn't right next to the kitchen—prompted us to walk out
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Disgust is repulsed by the unexplained ripe smell coming out of Riley’s armpits.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
Sarah Nechamkin, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2024
But many foresee a protracted, bitter conflict, particularly in the country’s east as Russian forces retrench after the humiliating repulse of their advance on Kyiv.
—Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022
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Verb
Thinking Taboos: Why are we repulsed yet seduced by the forbidden and unspeakable?
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Disgust is repulsed by the unexplained ripe smell coming out of Riley’s armpits.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
Noun
The irony, of course, is that Irma’s very presence repulses Larry to his core.
—Sarah Nechamkin, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2024
But many foresee a protracted, bitter conflict, particularly in the country’s east as Russian forces retrench after the humiliating repulse of their advance on Kyiv.
—Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022
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“Repulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repulse. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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