Sentence examples for thoroughly repellent from inspiring English sources
Or the thoroughly repellent percebe, a third-world barnacle whose reputation as a powerful aphrodisiac is not sufficient to recommend it.
A tide of brownshirts began to swell, following an obscure leader with an indecorous past, one whose "personal appearance was thoroughly repellent -- the pimp's forelock, the hoodlum's elegance... the interminable speechifying, the epileptic behavior with its wild gesticulations and foaming at the mouth".
Reza Rooygari is thoroughly repellent as the boutique owner whose superficial displays of hospitality cannot conceal his corrupt character, but Nematollah lingers on him too long as well.
This quality is thoroughly exploited by the "master" salesman, inspiring his audience to buy picnic rugs impregnated with insect repellent (and to express their devotion by carving his head in cheese).
Despite that result, he was dismissed by his contemporaries, partly because his personality was repellent, and partly because his cleaning technique was almost impossible to follow: it consisted of scrubbing thoroughly in a bucket of what was essentially concentrated bleach and repeating the procedure before and after every patient contact.
How about mosquito repellent?
Staggering and repellent.
Just bring mosquito repellent.
"Need Elephant Repellent?
