How to Use repulsive in a Sentence

repulsive

adjective

• Magnets have a repulsive effect on each other.
• In this world both saints & lovers look grotesque and repulsive.
  — Stephen Mirarchi, National Review, 28 Dec. 2019
• But the idea of cloning my father’s voice is repulsive to me.
  — Adam Verner september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
• The greater the overlap, the greater the repulsive spring force.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 17 Dec. 2021
• More also cheat on their working wife or are found to be repulsive by their spouse.
  — Eric Magnuson, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
• Even those who found his words repulsive were mesmerized by him.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
• But fat, scruffy, with repulsive skin with that foul-mouthed, female persona.
  — Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
• What is repulsive in one part of the world, in another is simply lunch.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 4 June 2019
• The repulsive fog of exhaust fumes mingles with the scent of grass in the humid night air.
  — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• The point of the zombie genre is that humans are strange, repulsive, and ridiculous.
  — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2018
• But people who are strong and in power find weakness repulsive.
  — Kevin Wilson, Time, 28 Oct. 2019
• Or what would be attractive or repulsive to a researcher.
  — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
• To the sixth graders, this behavior was repulsive and compelling.
  — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
• Nothing kills the vibe like a heavy application; even the best scent can be repulsive in too large a dose.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
• Rent-seeking is lucrative, which is why there is so much of it, even when its pedigree is repulsive.
  — George F. Will, The Denver Post, 17 June 2017
• Calle’s work is always a bit emotionally repulsive, too close to the bone, too deeply felt.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 11 May 2017
• The scent, which at first was sort of fine, very quickly became genuinely repulsive.
  — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
• The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
  — Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2019
• Only Birdie finds this plan repulsive, knowing this would be the ruin of her beloved niece.
  — Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
• Jadin notes with a laugh that once the mighty, high-cost lobster was deemed so repulsive in the West that it was fed to prisoners.
  — Mark Kennedy, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2021
• This means the attractive force between the pen and the electron is greater than the repulsive force between the pen and the proton.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 28 Jan. 2022
• These compounds have a strong, pungent odor that many insects, including grubs, find repulsive.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
• These compounds have a strong, pungent odor that many insects, including grubs, find repulsive.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
• The Frog brothers must prevent a vampire from unleashing an army of his repulsive ilk.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Dugan, the once great baseball star, is a character that is all parts repulsive, endearing, and predictable.
  — Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Esquire, 30 June 2017
• That's the idea that nuclear weapons are so cruel and morally repulsive that nobody has used them for 80 years.
  — Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
• This is repulsive, sick behavior.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
• And at this point, after a few minutes of observation, the words that come to mind are no longer repulsive and nightmare, but small and dear and friend.
  — Alex Mar, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2017
• But the same repulsive scents are magnets for skunks, raccoons, rats, flies, and a lot of other wild critters, and even for a few neighborhood pets.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2022
• If neither meal is found to be appetizing, the winner is simply determined by what the picky eater finds least repulsive.
  — Matt Minton, Variety, 15 July 2026