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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Emotion becomes ever more constrained by feelings of shame, repugnance or propriety.
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Even though the device was righteous, he felt a certain repugnance towards it.
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Freud was right, Maud thought, vigorously rubbing her white legs, desire lies on the other side of repugnance .
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He submitted tongue-tied, and shivered with repugnance when he felt the warm wetness of her face.
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I didn't even have to think about it to dislike the idea; my repugnance was instinctive.
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Just before I entered, initial curiosity gave way to fear, even a feeling of repugnance .
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She was absolutely still and intent, fascinated, almost hypnotised, but there was repugnance there, too.
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The Government's repugnance for that organisation and everything it stands for has been made absolutely clear on repeated occasions.