In David Cameron's time, social conservatives were repelled by his liberal social reforms.
They were repelled by Afghan security forces after an hour-long gun battle.
They were repelled by the Westminster parties: smugly interfering Labour, spineless Lib Dems, gleefully carnivorous Conservatives.
When the military tried to intervene on Monday, they were repelled by the militants.
Publishers praised my style, but were repelled by the subject matter.
Some people even marched on the governor's mansion, although they were repelled by soldiers.
Fortunately other young people were repelled by those self-same bright lights.
But most Hindus were repelled by the destruction of the mosque in 1992.
The French attacked the island in 1745 but were repelled by the local militia.
They were repelled by liberal antiwar politics and felt little in common with the war's most prominent critics.
But after eight months of bloody battle on land and sea, they were repelled by Ottoman forces.
