abhorrence - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • sin: First, God has a clear abhorrence of the sin of his people.
  • terrorism: However, I believe the people of Europe are united in their abhorrence of terrorism.
  • homosexuality: It is a prejudice based on an abhorrence of homosexuality.
  • system: His Majesty expressed the utmost abhorrence of the system, arising from the scenes he had himself witnessed in Cuba 40 years ago.

Converse of object

  • have: First, God has a clear abhorrence of the sin of his people.
  • express: His Majesty expressed the utmost abhorrence of the system, arising from the scenes he had himself witnessed in Cuba 40 years ago.
  • show: To do so shows abhorrence of the persons concerned, rather than of their deeds and lifestyle.
  • feel: Yet I feel an almost religious abhorrence of the principle.

Adjective modifier

  • universal: It was suggested that universal abhorrence at experimentation would be felt if the embryo was regarded as " human " .
  • great: Marx's greatest abhorrence was social atomism, that would be precisely what would result form his theories.
  • public: On the one hand there is public abhorrence of excessively punitive or humiliating treatment of children.
  • strong: Jackson shares with Greimassian semiotics a strong abhorrence against making use of the concept of reference in the analysis of language.
  • extreme: He had a strong relish for public representation in his own person, but an extreme abhorrence of the like display in any other.
  • deep: Now, I remember as a child having a deep abhorrence for routine.

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