Sentence examples for sense revulsion from inspiring English sources

Decaying food spurs an instant emotional reaction when encountered by any sense: revulsion at the smell, upset stomachs at the sight, and the thought of touching or, dare we say it, tasting a moldy banana is unbearable.

The immediate response of British society to this shocking event was an understandable sense of revulsion.

As with his movies, however, he wants visitors to leave with a vague sense of revulsion.

When they start to look almost real, but not quite, we experience an eerie and unsettling sense of revulsion.

There was a similar sense of revulsion at The Strawberry, the pub across the road from the Newcastle United store.

Dr. ElBaradei recalled "a sense of revulsion" that such a personal decision should be made "by anybody else".

"I had this sense of revulsion, of injustice," says Father Jordan, who threw punches with the black side until the police arrived.

The riots were brought about not only by irresponsibility, but also inequality: by a sense of revulsion at denied opportunity, poverty and injustice.

This sense of revulsion is present in many fantasy films, but often mixed with, and balanced by, a fascination, reverence and awe for women's creativity.

In sentences of extraordinary poise and precision, McEwan contrasts Beard's selfish sense of revulsion at the news with that of his lover's hopeful joy.

In lean, penetrating prose, Jones plays Clara's incipient domestic victimhood off Hal's escalating sense of revulsion for the brutal acts committed by his troops in their bid to quash terrorism.