Sentence examples for repugnant practice from inspiring English sources

This is a repugnant practice".

"EPA is giving its official blessing for pesticide companies to use pregnant women, infants, and children as lab rats in flagrant violation of [the EPA Appropriations Act of August 2005] cracking down on this repugnant practice," said Erik Olson, senior attorney for the NRDC, in a 23 January 2006 press release from that organization.

In "The Honor Code," we accompany Detective Appiah as he tries to figure out who killed three morally repugnant practices: dueling among British gentlemen, foot-binding among the Chinese elite and slavery in the British Empire.

Why shouldn't adults use it as a way to get inside activities they find fascinating in theory but repugnant in practice?

The editorial also encourages Romney to perpetuate the repugnant political practice of attacking rivals on frivolous, pedantic points, rather than addressing genuinely meaningful issues.

Mr. McConnell also seemed to disown a statement that it might be necessary to accept repugnant or racist practices like those practiced at Bob Jones University if they came from a religious basis.

It depicts repugnant attitudes and practices of white supremacy that poisoned earlier generations' achievements and that are inseparable from those achievements.

Even if they were unsuccessful, they would at least be demonstrating to Chinese officials that even friends find certain practices repugnant.

Many sacred texts contain problematic passages (i.e. passages which endorse morally repugnant ideas and practices).

Then again, some Asian countries, notably Japan, which ruled Korea for 35 years early in the last century, view the practice as repugnant.

"The vice president believes such practices are repugnant.