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verb

past tense of repulse

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Recent Examples of repulsed
Verb
Plenty of people bought it, plenty were repulsed by it. George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026 Firstman’s debut directorial effort, Club Kid, shrewdly acknowledges those garish personality tics, which have both endeared and repulsed audiences. Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 Anyone who has worked in or observed the media industry for the last couple of decades will recognize and be repulsed by nepo-baby Jay, who is undeniably villainous. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026 Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear. Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026 Pheidippides, legendary Greek hēmerodromos, or courier, who is popularly believed to have run 40 km (about 25 miles) from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in 490 bce, to report that the Athenians, in a single afternoon, had repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece. Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026 Cilantro, a polarizing herb that’s either adored in Mexican, Southeast Asian, and Indian cuisines, or repulsed by those who detect a nauseating soapy taste. Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026 Nick is hired by a mafia don to confirm and then steal a priceless manuscript said to be Dante’s original Divine Comedy in his own hand, dragging Nick into an underworld he’s both repulsed by and complicit in. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026 After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repulsed
Adjective
  • No one is more shocked by this turn of events than KC, who takes his place among the safe Islanders with his mouth hanging open.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • In a stunning two-minute span in the first half, Bellingham struck twice, leaving Mexico's defense completely shell-shocked.
    Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Kim The call left Kim Grindell disgusted, furious and wracked with guilt.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026
  • Many of the crew members are disgusted by Vito's homosexuality, but Phil seems to take special exception to this revelation, going out of his way to demand Tony take him out and becoming violently angered even at the mere mention of Vito's name.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Laura felt the rival’s ghost or essence spring away from her, as surely as if repelled.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • Body on the line 💪 But that was not the Wan-Bissaka who repelled Rashford’s attacking threat as England toiled at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • If a sick animal did end up at a slaughterhouse, the US Department of Agriculture’s thorough meat inspection system would very likely spot it, separate it from others and deem it US Suspect.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • But when McGinley was a teen-ager, Michael became sick with AIDS and moved home to New Jersey.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • As of Sunday night, health officials say 15 people are currently hospitalized, 33 people were hospitalized but have been discharged, and 11 people were sickened but did not need to be hospitalized.
    Katie Houlis, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has sickened 54 people on New York City’s Upper East Side, prompting widespread testing of building cooling towers in the area — including at the world-famous Guggenheim museum.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • Her rebuke comes as Caribbean leaders meet under the Caricom bloc and launch a new slavery reparations manifesto, pressing Britain for apologies, debt cancellation and other measures long resisted in London.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • According to state police, Rice allegedly resisted arrest and engaged troopers in a pursuit.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
Adjective
  • The stench of corruption might become so overwhelming that a revolted electorate rejects the entire enterprise.
    Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The other Israelites are appalled by this heinous action and go to war against the Benjaminites, who are nearly destroyed before an eventual reconciliation (Judges 20–21).
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • My friend told me some private information about him that appalled me.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

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“Repulsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsed. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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