Sentence examples for odious in from inspiring English sources

Even decomposition, though odious in sight and smell, is not dangerous; the bacteria that cause decomposition are not the same as those that cause disease.

Mark Bleeke was suitably odious in the title role, conveying the indolent king's swaggering insouciance with a powerful tenor and dramatic flair.

Even the gentlemanly Korda's verdict is blunt: "He was as disagreeable and odious in the days of his success as the days of his failure".

What is odious in death is not death itself, but the act of dying, and its lugubrious accompaniments: all of which must be equally undergone by the believer in immortality.

Garrigan is the kind of man who exploits his own boyishness, successfully with women, perilously with Amin, and Mr. McAvoy expertly makes the character's naïveté seem at first appealing, then foolish and finally odious in the extreme.

And finally, Green's haughtiness (many felt he was even odious in his concession speech) made it impossible for many New Yorkers to vote the Democratic ticket, even though the party holds a five-to-one advanthee over the GOP in the city.

But, there have been odious precedents in American history in times of fear and disruption.

You might decry this scene in favor of more street-friendly food, what Berliners call imbiss food, for the small shops that serve it: Turkish doner kebabs in the gyro tradition; pretzels; the odious hotdogs in ketchup, dusted liberally with spice that are known in Berlin as currywurst.

The looming sequester, which would slash spending across the government, was created by both parties, after the failure of the Grand Bargain, in 2011, as a purposely odious policy, in order to force the two sides to reach a more rational plan to reduce long-term deficits.

"Far-reaching data collection in France would not have prevented the odious attacks in Paris.

At the same time, far-reaching data collection in France would not have prevented the odious attacks in Paris this week.