Sentence examples for as abominable from inspiring English sources

— A pair of figure skating costumes, meant to be aboriginal, have been denounced instead as abominable.

In fact, there is no acknowledgment anywhere in the manifesto that such a thing as state terror exists, and that it is as abominable as other forms of terror.

He went on to describe attacks by women as "abominable and weird", the article says.

We consider these acts as abominable and at the same time condemnable'.

Several have criticised Grass, describing his work as "abominable", "irritating" and "over the top".

The Italian president, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, denounced the attacks as "abominable violence that wounds every principle of civil existence".

Cruz responded by calling Trump the "mis-communicator-in-chief," denouncing his visit as "terrible and abominable".

The presence of extraordinary beings, different and even abominable, as is the case of toads, frogs and snakes, is a classic in anthropological research and has been studied in depth by Douglas (1996) who points out that these beings should be respected, not merely because they were filthy and disgusting but because they were emblematic victims.

Of particular interest to botanists is what Darwin described as an "abominable mystery": the origin of flowering plants.

The rapid emergence and dominance of flowering plants, the angiosperms, about 130 million years ago had long perplexed scientists; Charles Darwin once described it as "an abominable mystery".

Price's popularity continued into the 1970s, and such movies as The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and Theatre of Blood (1973) remain fan favourites.