How To Use Abhor In A Sentence

Nature and politics abhor a vacuum. Times, Sunday Times
At the same time, if moral guidance is itself morally repugnant, then self-contempt is equally as abhorrent.
By the word spado, the Romans very forcibly expressed their abhorrence of this mutilated condition. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2
Wilful impenitence is the grossest self-murder; and that is a horrible thing, which we should abhor the thought of. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Suddenly I perceived him as Dutiful did, and realized that the Prince's abhorrence went past the man's physical deformity and mental limits. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN

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He leaves office with near-record-high approval ratings despite widespread abhorrence at his personal behavior, pollsters say.
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The mass, however, could adore Gandhi and abhor untouchables.
Local leaders appear to abhor the behaviour of itinerants, but have lost the authority and perhaps the will to deal with it.
I abhor beauty pageants; whoever thought of those stupid, mindless activities was out of his mind.
I abjure them, I abhor them, I turn my back upon them forever and utterly. A TIME OF WAR
But the sort of lying implied when you speak of manipulative people is something I find abhorrent. Times, Sunday Times
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. Mahatma Gandhi
The attempt to sanction and legitimize something so obviously immoral and abhorrent is unprecedented in our history. Archive 2007-01-01
Whisky -- abhorrer of nature, the curse of the human species! Fifteen Years in Hell
It is no accident that the surge in idolatrous reality television you so abhor coincided with this call to propaganda.
In reply to the first part of the objection, we would observe, that among all uncivilized people rites and customs prevail, which are abhorent to the better instructed christian; and with regard to the latter we would ask, what can be expected to result from a system which so degrades and brutifies a class of men, repressing everything that is noble and generous in them, and encouraging the growth of all that is vicious and mischievous in their merely animal nature. God's image in ebony : being a series of biographical sketches, facts, anecdotes, etc., demonstrative of the mental powers and intellectual capacities of the Negro race, by edited
They loathe tinsel, detest office parties and abhor rum balls of all kinds.
Another tactic, which I abhor, was to use pepper, chilli or anything to irritate the hounds' noses.
This perverted abhorrence of women destines religions to collide with modernity everywhere, for to be modern is to set women free.
For the US conservative it is also inextricable from the abhorrence through which any “overly” strong woman is judged as a moral transgressor, in a vilely reactionary misogyny. Archive 2009-01-01
Out of their constitutional optimism, and because a class struggle is an abhorred and dangerous thing, the great American people are unanimous in asserting that there is no class struggle. THE CLASS STRUGGLE
But for some prisoners, their crimes are too abhorrent. The Sun
Just as nature is said to abhor a vacuum, it abhors true altruism.
And that consideration which ingenerates shame and self-abhorrency on the account of the defilement of sin is taken peculiarly from the holiness of God. Pneumatologia
Even Goneril has her one splendid hour, her fire - flaught of hellish glory; when she treads under foot the half-hearted goodness, the wordy and windy though sincere abhorrence, which is all that the mild and impotent revolt of Albany can bring to bear against her imperious and dauntless devilhood; when she flaunts before the eyes of her "milk-livered" and "moral fool" the coming banners of France about the "plumed helm" of his slayer. A Study of Shakespeare
I am abhorrently evil and I feed on misery and death This would have made EXCELLENT ammo against the inhuman, barbarian right-wing devils who eat babies. Matthew Yglesias » Goldfarb Endorses Terrorist Ethics
It can take political stances abhorrent to totalitarian regimes and allegorise them, get them under the radar, as many writers in the Soviet Bloc did. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Hal Duncan
But we abhor any insulting or discriminatory behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
Such cruelties though I abhorred very much in my heart, yet here was I forced to hold my tongue and contradict them not, as having not authority to oversway them. Bucaniers of America:
Of course I abhor exploitative or coercive sex, regardless of the age of those involved.
I also abhor the notion that because one rider is under suspicion, the history of an entire operation is somehow tainted. Times, Sunday Times
For those who have not been submitted, as we have for four years, to the intolerable and abhorred German yoke, it is difficult to realize how great were the relief, the joy, the well-being, in a word the unexpressible happiness we all felt when the first Allied troops made their way through our village, and this great event has been for us like the dawn of a resurrection. Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War)
This forced, violent, alembicated style is most abhorrent to me; it can’t be helped; the note was struck years ago on the Janet Nicoll, and has to be maintained somehow; and I can only hope the intrinsic horror and pathos, and a kind of fierce glow of colour there is to it, and the surely remarkable wealth of striking incident, may guide our little shallop into port. Vailima Letters
His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident.
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. Mahatma Gandhi
Nature is said to abhor a vacuum; human beings abhor complexity. 3.
Nature and politics abhor a vacuum. Times, Sunday Times
The president abhorred all forms of racism.
Charles, God bless him, abhors violence and loves dialogue.
The practice of killing animals for food is utterly abhorrent to me.
At last, the vigor and courage of one Stowel of Exeter, an abhorrer, put an end to the practice. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.
They've manipulated it into existence and I find that abhorrent.
I find it abhorrent that some groups of Bolton's community, such as pensioners, will struggle to meet the increase.
They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.
Perhaps only a long period of education or propaganda could remove our abhorrence.
I abhor the dull routine of existence.
BOOK Xr. 4j Branded the wretch, and be his name abhorr'dj But after-ages fhall thy praife record. The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical
Strong words indeed for a fellow who abhors political smear and accuses others of engaging in it!
Like me, most of my characters tend to abhorr clothes shopping. Ceciliatan: OK writers. Question for you. Do you eve
If there was anything Miss Melville abhorred, it was applying the terminology of games to the serious situations of life. MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
It was a decade when copious talk of universal human rights mingled abhorrently with the most brazen crimes against humanity.
His commitment to democracy and reform appears increasingly shaky, as his initial willingness to sanction abhorrent new curbs on women's freedom made clear. Times, Sunday Times
I abjure them, I abhor them, I turn my back upon them forever and utterly. A TIME OF WAR
But Marianne abhorred all concealment where no real disgrace could attend unreserve; and to aim at the restraint of sentiments which were not in themselves illaudable, appeared to her not merely an unnecessary effort, but a disgraceful subjection of reason to common – place and mistaken notions. Sense and Sensibility
Pattie Maes, an artificial life researcher at the MIT Media Lab, abhors goggle - and - gloves virtual reality.
And this inevitable gulf between what they were and how they're repackaged is probably why so many people abhor the idea of their favourite band getting back together to relive their glory days.
I write to reaffirm our abhorrence of such behaviour.
Well-bred persons, abhorring the pedantry of the blues, are usually _anti - blues_, or _ultra-antis_. Tales and Novels — Volume 09
The combination of horrific makeup, abhorrent timing, and trite jokes has literally become painful.
While there are trained artists--perhaps inspired by Gaudí's early 20th-century mosaics or Marcel Duchamp's readymades--who sculpt and construct large-scale artworks made from repurposed cast offs, many more are dreamers with ordinary day jobs who abhor waste, have a penchant for collecting, and seize upon an unstoppable urge to create something beautiful from the flotsam and jetsam modern life. Trash Art: California's Artistic Recycling Revolution
Letters received reveal their abhorrence at the behavioural example being set by our so-called leaders of state and nation.
And I shall crave leave to say, that he who hath no experience of spiritual shame and self-abhorrency, upon the account of this inconformity of his nature and the faculties of his soul unto the holiness of God, is a great stranger unto this whole work of sanctification. Pneumatologia
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. Mahatma Gandhi
I abjure them, I abhor them, I turn my back upon them forever and utterly. A TIME OF WAR
The act of killing thousands of innocent people is profoundly evil and we rightly abhor it.
He abhorred the arrogant youngsters intruding on companies of whose staff and products they were wholly ignorant, brandishing maxims that threw hundreds out of work.
The root of most people's kale abhorrence is texture. Diaphanous Roasted Kale
Henceforth let us shun great towns, and still lie in a convent or a cow-house; for I'd liever sleep on fresh straw, than on linen well washed six months agone; and the breath of kine it is sweeter than that of Christians, let alone the garlic, which men and women folk affect, but cowen abhor from, and so do The Cloister and the Hearth
Suddenly she spoke, and he could detect the fear, horror, and absolute abhorrence in her tone of voice.
And I shall crave leave to say, that he who hath no experience of spiritual shame and self-abhorrency, upon the account of this inconformity of his nature and the faculties of his soul unto the holiness of God, is a great stranger unto this whole work of sanctification. Pneumatologia
But sensible people surely find this not only abhorrent, but alarming.
Thankfully, I no longer go to this abhorrent nonsense replete with its jazz band and rock presentations and prebyters who suffer from systemic logorrhoea with three sermons per session and the uncontrollable urge to try to explain, even if poorly, everything they are doing. More inculturation and liturgical "updating", courtesy of the Asian bishops
We find it exceptionally abhorrent. Times, Sunday Times
Although Foreign Minister John Baird last week slammed China for what he called "abhorrent acts" against religious believers, both Houlden and Woo said the attack would not cause China inordinate grief. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Recently, my good friend John Yowens from out Kansas way, who absolutely abhores AOL, sent me a copy of an article from "Focus" Magazine in which the AOL Customer Service has been rated #1 out of the 10 worst Customer Services ever! The Cook Shack--Gab & Grub
She described some James-controlled rooms which have since been cleaned as abhorrently dirty and disorganized, randomly stuffed with personal belongings, important Club documents, flea market trinkets and infested with vermin and insects. Arts Club Hearing Blocked by Court
Thenceforth rises, 360 superintend and director guide committee all the time with 360 safe bodyguard together, devote oneself to to hit the scampish software that everybody abhors .
Whatever the cause, I discovered that I was terrorised and was behaving in ways that were both irrational and abhorrent.
They are supposed to abhor pusillanimous or sycophantic behavior.
I have been quite clear that I find their views abhorrent. Times, Sunday Times
But the sort of lying implied when you speak of manipulative people is something I find abhorrent. Times, Sunday Times
The Bible in Deuteronomy 14: 3 prohibits eating all abhorrent and unclean things and according to the encyclopedia Judaica, the Bible totally prohibits consumption of blood.
Similarly, the film responds to contemporary American culture's own dominant constructions of sexuality (codified by Hollywood films and other media representations) and puritanical abhorrence of non-normative sexualities.
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Her father's emphasis on 'soundly' declared an approval of the deed, and she was chilled by a sickening abhorrence and dread of the cruel brute in men, such as, awakened by she knew not what, had haunted her for a year of her girlhood. Beauchamp's Career — Complete
But he's a character you can't take your eyes off, even as you're silently abhorring the choices he makes. Marshall Fine: Movie review: Rampart
I believe that the torturous practise of genital mutilation is abhorrent, and that to deny these women refugee visas is to take a weak stance on this issue. Global Voices in English » Australia: Kenyan women refused refugee status
Actually, Chinese abhorr the term “Engrish” when used to describe all Asian cultures. Chinglish
It also means sitting down with someone, someone who is not abhorred or hated, to have a conversation.
Some beauty must have been described in the idiom, such as atoned for its solecism: for Milton recurs to the same idiom, and under the same entire freedom of choice, elsewhere; particularly in this instance, which has not been pointed out: 'And never,' says Satan to the abhorred phantoms of Sin and Death, when crossing his path, Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
There was once a time when her uncle, Father Girolamo, could not even utter the name of Medici without choking on his own bile, so abhorrent was the legacy of that family to him and his ancestors. The Poet Prince
He abhorred Denison on account of Susie and the kummerbund. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899
We are all fond of animals and abhor wanton or thoughtless cruelty to them. Times, Sunday Times
A consistent theme in Charles's writings is his belief in human freedom - and his abhorrence for violence and tyranny.
For the same reason , our party abhors the deification of an individual.
Patient lung shadow and semiotic body are asked for but abhorrent.
In this highly heated state our governess was, of course, sensitive to the smallest inlet of cooler air, and "draughts" were accordingly her abhorrence. Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls
Linus suggested that Nature, abhorring a vacuum, caused the tube or finger to give off an invisible entity which he called funiculus, being Latin for 'little rope', which closed up the space and prevented a vacuum. Scientific Blogging
We feel that the justice system has let us down twice: first allowing him bail while charged with these abhorrent crimes, and now today. The Sun
He abhors anything that adds to the cost of doing business, and politicians who show insufficient urgency about tackling the wider threats to business.
As far as being accused of xenophobia's concerned, well xenophobia's not a crime - although I think it's as morally abhorrent as xenophilia. Yanquico, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
I will here subjoin a little poem, so strongly expressive of my abhorrence of despotism and falsehood, that I fear lest it never again may be depictured so vividly. The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
As a matter of fact, the "New York Times" reported, "While much of his later life was occupied by scholarly questions of the Bible and homosexuality, he came to abhor the label 'gay minister.' Irene Monroe: Rev. Peter Gomes: The Accidental Gay Advocate
So he is," interrupted Talleyrand; "but he abhors intoleration and persecution" (not in politics). Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
So let us henceforth no longer abhor so very greatly the cruelty of the anthropophagous—that is, man-eating—savages. Bloodlust
Most people have an abhorrence of snake.
Ironically, for someone who is a graduate in biochemistry, he abhors molecular gastronomy. Creating a Seasonal Menu
Our organisation abhors this kind of act and appeals to residents to be vigilant and watch out for any suspicious goings-on.
A senior officer said: 'This sort of behaviour is totally abhorrent and not what we stand for. The Sun
Rather than regarding homosexual practice with "abhorrence" and "detestation" -- as did George Washington and most everyone until recent years -- Obama has euphemistically vowed to ChronWatch - Articles
I think it is an abhorrent, evil crime. Times, Sunday Times
The term desert is far more true because wasteland is abhorrently incorrect. Jfloydking Diary Entry
What I do care about is my wife, and she abhors the way I smell after smoking a stogie.
It abhors all violence and relies upon moral education, love and sympathy to secure human progress.
I've progressively grown to abhor her habitual moroseness.
Another tactic, which I abhor, was to use pepper, chilli or anything to irritate the hounds' noses.
Their money is now being spent to promulgate ideas they abhor to their own children.
Where the struggle was too strong to be defeated, they view it with abhorrence as a triumph for an adversary nation.
For besides petitioner and abhorrer, appellations which were soon forgotten, this year is remarkable for being the epoch of the well-known epithets of "whig" and "tory", by which, and sometimes without any material difference, this island has been so long divided. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.
What could possibly have driven me to such an abhorrent act of (middle) class betrayal? Times, Sunday Times
As an outspoken industry insider insider meaning when inside my garage I absolutely abhor the New and Improved over Old and Inferior mktg rampantly blazed into out eyeballs. The Irrelevancy of Time: Bicycle Products Don't Spoil
My husband would find it abhorrent and a form of cheating, which I suspect it is. Times, Sunday Times
But, just as abhorrent is the idea that I should take it upon myself to make sure no one has an opportunity to read those books. The Mondays: Banned Books Week
Above most human peccancies, I do abhor a breach of faith. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
Anyone who abuses young girls in order to gratify their sexual desires can and must expect custodial sentences to mark the public abhorrence of this type of behaviour.
I admired my fellow campers, I certainly shared their abhorrence of nuclear weapons, but I was not, essentially, a team player. C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
But you must find a wet-nurse..." "And I daresay much else besides," mused Abhorsen. SABRIEL
The club finds all forms of discrimination abhorrent and we are proud of the work we undertake campaigning on this important issue. Times, Sunday Times
An afternoon Islamic study group he joined during junior high school filled him with purpose, and eventually with anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism and an abhorrence of photography.
Thus, a vast concern is expressed for the liberty of the press, and the utmost abhorrence of its licentiousness: but then, by the licentiousness of the press is meant every disclosure by which any abuse is brought to light and exposed to shameby the liberty of the press is meant only publications from which no such inconvenience is to be apprehended; and the fallacy consists in employing the sham approbation of liberty as a mask for the real opposition to all free discussion. Fallacies of Anti-Reformers
I abhor the dull routine of existence.
Page iv life of my wife, nor of myself; but merely as an account of our escape; together with other matter which I hope may be the means of creating in some minds a deeper abhorrence of the sinful and abominable practice of enslaving and brutifying our fellow-creatures. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery iv, 111 p., ill.
But that thou mightest, reader, both know, and with equal indignation abhor, the snarlings and virulency of these men, take it in their own words, although I cannot without infinite reluctancy allege what they with all audaciousness have uttered. From the Talmud and Hebraica
Rather than regarding homosexual practice with "abhorrence" and "detestation" - as did George Washington and most everyone until recent years - Obama has euphemistically vowed to Americans For Truth
Nimirum se iactat in angulis in quibus ubi tria verba graeca sonuerit, sapere videatur; abhorret a luce, quae litteratorem in numero poneret, et ad honesta subsellia devocaret. Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities
Ut non sit inde enatandi copia, no halcyonian times, wherein a man can hold himself secure, or agree with his present estate; but as Boethius infers, [1760] there is something in every one of us which before trial we seek, and having tried abhor: [1761] we earnestly wish, and eagerly covet, and are eftsoons weary of it. Anatomy of Melancholy
Yet the Hindus, I repeat, hold pederasty in abhorrence and are as much scandalised by being called Gánd-márá (anus-beater) or Gándú The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Anti-Trinitarians, moreover, were considered to be particularly abhorrent, veritable "blasphemers" who had wholly abandoned Christianity. Poland's Past
Such a scenario appears incongruous, if not abhorrent, to many.
On the 29th May he reported a combination of the people headed by the Anti-convict Association "to hold in abhorrence any person who may aid the exiles in landing, and may have any communication with them whatever," and to stop the supply of stores to Government. The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.
Even more abhorrent is [...] claims that Jews everywhere should feel dual loyalty to Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » U.S. Denying Entry Visas to People Who Work on Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Reactor?
A mix of impatience and abhorrence filled his face.
Nothing shows more forcibly the power of association in minds not capable of discriminating, than that the name of a man so obviously a reluctant instrument in the hands of God, and who declared by a public act his abhorrence of the part he was forced to act, should be selected as synonymous to every thing fiendlike and murderous. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819
Never divining Joan's fluttering wildness, her blind hatred of restraint and compulsion, her abhorrence of mastery by another, and mistaking the warmth and enthusiasm in her eyes (aroused by his latest tale) for something tender and acquiescent, he drew her to him, laid a forcible detaining arm about her waist, and misapprehended her frantic revolt for an exhibition of maidenly reluctance. Chapter 26
Besides discussing foraging, the book is a lavishly illustrated tour of cutting-edge wild cuisines, from Mateo's roasted veal chop with morel and cacao sauce to a cuitlacoche and squash blossom quesadilla, using the corn smut that Mexican cuisine honors and Midwestern farmers abhor. Food foragers find fun and cash amid the wild fungi
If this theory be right, then Voltaire must naturally be abhorred by all persons who hold it, as a perverse and mischievous hinderer of light. Voltaire
It is not uncommon for the airline staff to treat him abhorrently.
It is possible to abhor the national anthems and the cod patriotism when ‘our’ athlete wins, and the indifference to the sporting achievements of other nations.
What I do care about is my wife, and she abhors the way I smell after smoking a stogie.
The victims' demand for capital punishment has boomeranged on them, provoking sympathy for the person they most abhor.
Those who vocalised their prejudices so abhorrently midweek did not speak for an entire country.
‘He seems to know his behaviour is antisocial and that it is abhorrent to other members of society,’ said Mrs Wood.
Some of you are "old disciples;" have a great abhorrency of sin; you think it impossible you should ever be seduced so and so; but, "Let him (whoever he be) that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. Of Temptation
You know, I've had to say over and over again that I find his beliefs totally abhorrent, appalling.
She argues that these mass spectacles of death and annihilation are "in complicity with the abhorrent. Interview: James Morrow on 'Shambling Towards Hiroshima'
The victims' demand for capital punishment has boomeranged on them, provoking sympathy for the person they most abhor.
They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.
Recently I also quoted Priestley and his abhorrence of ‘… the saddest waste of all, the waste of human beings’.
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He abhors the word discoverer, as applied to himself. American Men of Mind
The abhorrence of the profession is documented throughout Anglo-Saxon history.
His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident.
They are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism.
He loves wine and declares that only traitors renounce it because they are afraid to give away their secrets when drunk; what makes him especially abhor the Turks is the fact that they do not drink wine. Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 - Presentation Speech
(Lawyers abhor a vacuum but take refuge in indeterminacy.) Balkinization
This book is not intended as a full history of the life of my wife, nor of myself; but merely as an account of our escape; together with other matter which I hope may be the means of creating in some minds a deeper abhorrence of the sinful and abominable practice of enslaving and brutifying our fellow-creatures. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery
It was too unpalatable, too disloyal, altogether too abhorrent to countenance.
It is up to all of us to demonstrate our abhorrence of sectarianism, discrimination and racism.
Even Goneril has her one splendid hour, her fire - flaught of hellish glory; when she treads under foot the half-hearted goodness, the wordy and windy though sincere abhorrence, which is all that the mild and impotent revolt of Albany can bring to bear against her imperious and dauntless devilhood; when she flaunts before the eyes of her "milk-livered" and "moral fool" the coming banners of France about the "plumed helm" of his slayer. A Study of Shakespeare
However, more people than you could ever dream of find you utterly abhorrent and a disgrace to this country.
Next to taxes, what they seem to abhor the most is a spell chequer. Think Progress » Cincinnati Tea Party: Fox Isn’t Telling The Truth About The Hannity Broadcast
He was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to reconciliation.
I cannot tell by what logick we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms; and having passed that general visitation of God, who saw that all that he had made was good, that is, conformable to his will, which abhors deformity, and is the rule of order and beauty. Religio Medici
Even more abhorrent is when some of these “pro-Israel” voices actually make the jaw-dropping claims that Jews everywhere should feel dual loyalty to Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » U.S. Denying Entry Visas to People Who Work on Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Reactor?
They wanted someone else who believes that 24 is a reality show and who thinks torture is a good thing, so obama ignored them, went behind their backs to make sure that he could get confirmation of someone who abhores torture and war crimes to clean up the cia first. Feinstein's Aboard For Panetta
They crop grief after grief, chewing the cud of grievance; for when they are full of it they disgorge and regorge the abhorred sum, and have stuff for their spleens for many The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
The British system of representative democracy has always abhorred referendums on moral issues.
I also admire, rather than abhor, the link between commerce and culture. Times, Sunday Times
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary.
The illness of a relative meant that we, his family, were fully aware of his abhorrence of the loss of mental faculty.
That band of criminals masquerading as a presidential administration did incalculable damage by claiming that something which any civilized person finds abhorrent is actually a rational and permissible instrument of state policy. Straight from the top (Jack Bog's Blog)
Government doctors and health care officials abhor postings in rural areas.
And all this in spite of the fact that the census has existed since the foundation of this nation, by the very Founders who themselves abhorred the big intrusive government you claim that the census is a weapon of. Think Progress » Idaho man fired shotgun into air to intimidate Census worker.
This is a practice which is abhorrent to clock professionals and considered unworkmanlike.
He said that he would support'any action that can help to stem the tide of this abhorrent behaviour '. Times, Sunday Times
The delay has also created a vacuum, which politics abhors.
Such a scenario appears incongruous, if not abhorrent, to many.
In both, a small minority seeks tolerance of behaviour that causes in the majority anything from indifference through distaste to abhorrence.
This perverted abhorrence of women destines religions to collide with modernity everywhere, for to be modern is to set women free.
(There is no _cunnilinctus_, which she regards with abhorrence.) Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion
Held in superstitious abhorrence by the rest of the crew, aliens by lack of any word of common speech, nevertheless they are good sailors and are always first to spring into any enterprise of work or peril. CHAPTER XXXIX
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. Mahatma Gandhi
Now those good people that used to company with his wife began to be amazed and discouraged, also he would frown and glout [36] upon them as if he abhorred, the appearance of them, so that in little time he drove all good company from her, and made her sit solitary by herself. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
His abhorrence for these brands of nationalism can be extrapolated from his attitude toward the peasantry.
(_Cyclura lophoma_), with it dorsal crest like the teeth of a saw running down all its back, might be seen lying out on the branches of the trees, or playing bo-peep from a hole in the trunk; or, in the swamps and morasses of Westmoreland, the yellow galliwasp (_Celestus occiduus_), so much dreaded and abhorred, yet without reason, might be observed sitting idly in the mouth of its burrow, or feeding on the wild fruits and marshy plants that constitute its food. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852
His charm makes what should be an abhorrent character worryingly likeable. The Sun
Your enemies and abhorrers look on with mild amusement.
Rather it is that these terms have become inextricable from the abhorrence or disdain in which the moral dicta defining the object as abject is articulated. On Profanity: 3

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