How to Use objectionable in a Sentence
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If so, were his words as objectionable as mine?
—Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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In a show that’s objectionable for so many reasons, this may be the biggest sin of all.
—Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2018
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The jokes Che wrote for Jost were no less objectionable.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 17 May 2026
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The rape scene isn’t the only one that Trump may find objectionable.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 20 May 2024
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But some of what the panel found objectionable wouldn’t fit the antitrust laws’ mold.
—David McLaughlin, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2020
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The board ordered objectionable books be pulled from the library shelves.
—Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
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Some media, of course, may be objectionable for certain age groups.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023
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Take for an instance, the case of viral objectionable videos.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 21 July 2019
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There was no follow-up on the due diligence, or what made the speaker objectionable in the first place.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2022
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Why choose a vague word as the smug shorthand for something morally objectionable?
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
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Though attractive, the flowers have an objectionable odor likened to dead fish.
—D.j. Scully, Cincinnati.com, 15 May 2017
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The only thing truly objectionable about this sandwich was the bun.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
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Is that commercial piece the most objectionable part of the package?
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
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That means that a single objectionable candidate could sink the slate.
—A.a., The Economist, 13 Sep. 2019
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There is less passion and vibrancy to the show, even at its most objectionable moments.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Readers, be warned that some of these might be considered, well, objectionable.
—Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
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This effort is to change that because there are concerns that a lot of these folks that these birds are named after have objectionable paths.
—James Brown, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
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Arguably, this would not be ‘breaking the laws of physics’ in an objectionable Cartesian way.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2013
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Its presence grossly distorts the design and turns what could be a good project into an objectionable one.
—Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
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McCown is hardly the only objectionable name in the bird world.
—Zachary Lewis, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2020
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Why is this behavior objectionable to you?
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
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And his rhetoric last Thursday was hardly the most objectionable made on this subject in recent years.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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What is most objectionable is the disposition of the buildings in the master plan.
—Dallas News, 12 May 2022
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Bykofsky had a wee objection to the plate being called objectionable.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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The opening foreward of the book points out that some of the content might be objectionable to some modern audiences.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Once the objectionable joke about Harris was spotted, a staffer asked Hinchcliffe to strike it.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
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For the courts to keep their citizens out of a large section of the public sphere just because a tiny bit of it is objectionable is asinine.
—Brandon Keim, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2007
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But at the same time, much of Means’s philosophy toward health doesn’t seem that objectionable.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
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Slice these glands away, cutting down to the bone to be sure of removing all objectionable material.
—Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
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Again, my opinion here is a factor of the press car because things look a lot less objectionable when a more restrained palette is employed.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2018
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