DISGUST in a Sentence

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Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISGUST
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disgust
 n.  strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
Classic Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
1  He helped himself mechanically and began to eat; then disgust took him by the throat and he laid down his fork.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  She could not speak, but hatred and disgust burned in her eyes as she stared at him fiercely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
3  He's thinking of Suellen, Scarlett thought in disgust.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
4  She drew back with a motion of disgust, but her withdrawal was checked by a sudden discovery: under the glare of Mrs. Peniston's chandelier she had recognized the hand-writing of the letter.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
5  He left Lily to a passion of disgust and fear.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
6  This sense of physical discomfort was the first to assert itself; then she perceived, beneath it, a corresponding mental prostration, a languor of horror more insufferable than the first rush of her disgust.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
7  But these flashes of amusement were but brief reactions from the long disgust of her days.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
8  The daring black chemise of frail chiffon and lace was a hussy at which the deep-bosomed bed stiffened in disgust, and she hurled it into a bureau drawer, hid it beneath a sensible linen blouse.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
9  Whether by shock, disgust, joy of combat, or physical activity, all the party were freed from their years of social decorum.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  "I wonder what the old man wants with this lump of foul lard," said Stubb, not without some disgust at the thought of having to do with so ignoble a leviathan.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
11  He sat beside her on the couch and behaved very well until the Polish violin-teacher across the hall began to practise, when Prince would growl and sniff the air with disgust.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
12  Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In I
13  The "pitchfork senator" stood their fusillade of questions for about an hour, and then went home in disgust, and the balance of the meeting was a strictly party affair.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30
14  Heyward prepared to comply, though with strong disgust at the nature of the office he was compelled to execute.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
15  Conquering his disgust, however, he was able, with an averted face, to address his successful enemy.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
Example Sentence:
1  “I was surprised," said Stillman, who yelled in disgust from the penalty box.
2  Rochester shudder: a singularly marked expression of disgust, horror, hatred, warped his countenance almost to distortion.
3  Immediately, thousands of people took to social media to express their disgust at a system that appears to have let four boys off the hook for what can only be described as despicable acts.
4  As the story unfolded throughout the past week, I experienced the gamut of emotions: shock, anger, sadness, disgust, confusion.
5  I am completely disgusted at you.
6  I feel disgusted and wonder how I could ever have been so gross.
7  His father was so disgusted to discover his son was dealing drugs he shopped him to police.
8  Dear Sir, I was disgusted to see the picture on page one of Sunday's feature section.
9  The more I hear about it, the more disgusted I get.
10  I am disgusted at this decision by the government, to once again infringe on the rights of the people of the countryside!
11  He appeared to be weary of his troubles and his love, - in short, disgusted with life.
12  Obama entered politics during Bill Clinton's presidency, when urban liberals were growing disgusted with the president's strategy of “triangulation,” popularly interpreted as the idea that you can win broad support by picking fights with the ideologues in your own party.
13  I'm not easily shocked,but his deed was too disgusting.
14  The kitchen was in a disgusting state when she left.
15  His deceit is disgusting; he took everybody in!