repulsed

Maybe "repulsed" is a more accurate word than shocked.

A Self Portrait by Marc Quinn 2009

Maybe "repulsed" is a more accurate word than shocked.

A Self Portrait by Marc Quinn » E-Mail 2009

I mention these because, while they started out obvious, they got increasingly weird, to the point where I was staring in repulsed fascination by the time they got to the videogames.

Valentine’s Day » DVDs Worth Watching 2010

She rode out of the gate, and met the tide of her countrymen, who had been repulsed from the English fort, and were flying back to Orleans in confusion.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

The Federals have been again repulsed in an attempt to land on

Foreign and Colonial Intelligence 1865

When the celebrated father of reviews, _Le Journal des Sçavans_, was first published, the very title repulsed the public.

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807

A small portion of Mauritania was still wanting to the African conquest; but Musa, in the pride of victory, was repulsed from the walls of Ceuta, by the vigilance and courage of count Julian, the general of the

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

By these various arts of annoyance, some as new as they were pernicious to the Greeks, the tower of St. Romanus was at length overturned: after a severe struggle, the Turks were repulsed from the breach, and interrupted by darkness; but they trusted that with the return of light they should renew the attack with fresh vigor and decisive success.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Romans failed in their attempt to recover the long-lost possession of Nisibis, the Persians were repulsed from the walls of a

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Nor was it uttered with much relish, though he had plainly practised the chief soundbite about how he had been 'repulsed' - good word - by Megrahi's raucous reception in Libya.

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