Sentence examples for profound revulsion from inspiring English sources

The experience set off a profound revulsion in the young boy against what he considered to be senseless idol worship.

Here, the movement appealed not to our reverence for history but to our profound revulsion against it.

It is impossible to react to this moment with anything less than revulsion and profound anxiety.

But it still represents a profound and important moral revulsion which the Church of England needs to take seriously.

As it was, by watching the videos of the hostages' decapitations we laid ourselves open to the most profound and viciously circular revulsion: our chain was most definitely being yanked – on one end were western politicians decrying barbarity, on the other the Islamic State terrorists performing it; the trouble is, was, and will remain: they're pulling in the same direction.

Now that there has been time to read and digest the unique insight into Mr Nixon's mentality which the 200,000 word Watergate papers provide, a reaction of revulsion, or at best profound disappointment, has spread across virtually the whole political spectrum, and is even beginning to affect Mr Nixon's most loyal henchmen inside the White House.

Profound taboos sustain traditions of cultural revulsion, which attempt to make women's biology the site of shame".

The indignities befalling the disgraced television host Jimmy Savile reflect a broad popular revulsion — coupled with an equally profound sense of betrayal — at the widening accusations that he abused underage girls and boys over decades, taking advantage of his position as a celebrity entertainer and philanthropist.

It's the game's flagship loathing, proof of the power of the sport to inspire profound levels of tribal loyalty and a near-Pavlovian revulsion at anything to do with a rival.

It's the game's flagship conflict, proof of the power of the sport to inspire profound levels of tribal loyalty and a near-Pavlovian revulsion at anything to do with a rival.

Osborne became haunted by the feeling that her ancestor was "beneath my skin"; this was mixed with revulsion when Osborne became the mother of two boys and fully appreciated the profound mess Sackville had made of her own life.