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Meanings of revolting sight in English

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Usage of revolting sight in English
1
It was, thought Hercules to his blank despair, a revolting sight.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
2
When a squid (an octopus) devours some animals it's a revolting sight.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
3
She appeared a most revolting sight to Stépan.
The Price of Things
4
It is a sad and revolting sight.
The Irish Times
5
The revolting sight of the gorged vultures made me turn my back on the towers with ill-concealed abhorrence.
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of t...
6
There was a shrinking in his eyes as of one who has stumbled unexpectedly upon a revolting sight.
The Wheel of Life
7
Nor could the most skeptical deny that he presented a revolting sight and one warranting Dr. Gray's precautions.
The Iron Trail
8
The revolting sight of the dog-faced old fellow who was ogling Dora so fascinated me that it interfered with my listening.
The Rise of David Levinsky
9
It was a hideous, revolting sight, and the raging storm, the murky gray of the night, lent an added horror to it.
The Cryptogram: A Story of Northwest Canada
10
I have witnessed the revolting sight of a child leading home both father and mother from the public-house, in a disgusting state of intoxication.
The Infant System / For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Po...
11
A nightmare chaos of horrid, revolting sights and sounds forms my only recollection of quitting the dungeon of the slipper.
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
12
"Let us go," said the queen, glancing at the revolting sight, and turning away with a shudder of repulsion.
The Midnight Queen
13
"Such people," Lilienfeld said, "are always trying to turn back the hands on the clock, a most revolting sight in this so-called land of freedom.
Atlantis
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Revolting sight across language varieties
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