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    repelling


    1. repelling the familiar just as they radiate


    2. Every derangement of the natural distribution of stock is necessarily hurtful to the society in which it takes place; whether it be by repelling from a particular trade the stock which would otherwise go to it, or by attracting towards a particular trade that which would not otherwise come to it


    3. If we keep these possibilities in mind, we could reach a point of equilibrium where water could be suspended above the Earth’s atmosphere: If a spherical layer of water’s distance from the Earth was such, that the force exerted on it through the Earth’s gravity equalled the repelling force of a strong enough magnetic field that repelled the water with as much force, we would have a favourable result and water would be able to exist in a suspended condition above the atmosphere


    4. Toral, however, staunchly declined to capitulate, but did all in his power to prolong the truce until reinforcements, marching from Manzanillo, should arrive to aid him in repelling the assault he hourly expected, but which Shafter was powerless to carry out


    5. As we came to Rapid City, the clouds were so dark and ominous that I started wondering whether our 16-year-old, heavily used tent would still do a good job of repelling water


    6. Survival involved repelling her enemies


    7. When Roger contemplates those views and landscapes of such natural splendor, as in the case of Alaska for example, he sees a fascinating immensity, but nevertheless empty, resplendent but deserted, attractive to the eye, but repelling to the desire of living


    8. In this way, the shield permitted the entry and departure of only Beings of Love, repelling any entry attempt by other spirits


    9. Some involved repelling attacks by non- Alliance extraterrestrials and some were due to the actions of the conspirators who desired to overthrow the Alliance’s leaders


    10. floated in a cold bath, detached, repelling emotions as

    11. The Genie’s friends took turns to attack but Zoroastro was repelling all the attempts with his support staff


    12. With his shining line hooked over the ramparts of Sorid’s tower, the fisherman was repelling down the crooked wall, but was still far from the Circle of the Sun


    13. As the liquid column ascended, the Dangler reeled himself up to the fountainhead, repelling off the pressurized tower of water with light-footed, vertical hurdles


    14. The chips have a multitude of uses; improving and expanding the repelling shield even further, and as extra memory and functional microchips which he inserts deeply into his skull


    15. Grailem's repelling field activates itself automatically when a large brute of a man runs forward and picks up a huge rock, weighing over a hundred kilogram‘s, and throws it at him


    16. ” The sudden fear in Underwood’s eyes encouraged Lord Ashburn that his defenses were successfully repelling the onslaught by this disgusting creature


    17. Repelling gravity would cause the universe to


    18. repelling gravity to bring about accelerating


    19. repelling gravity by continual "creation" of matter


    20. They are either repelling or attracting – stillness does not exist

    21. First, we have solid proofs that the Russians are knowingly selling to ISIS about one billion dollars worth of the latest Russian military portable equipment, including shoulder-launched SAMs, enough to allow ISIS to go back on the offensive while repelling our air attacks


    22. Gowr climbed the repelling rope first, followed by Tammas, and then N'elent


    23. Six days a week, he would change himself into a dragon, and prowl around the perimeter of the Castle grounds, repelling marauders, devouring bandits, and giving passing tradesmen a nasty shock


    24. He quickly gave his orders to the division to withdraw and they drew back with their terrible heavy- armaments to a garrison for repelling the attacks of rebels


    25. For example, you can say that the commander succeeded in repelling the enemy, the workers succeeded in removing the rock, or the farmer succeeded in his farming, and such like


    26. She hastily grabbed his neck about to snap it when someone appeared holding a crucifix, repelling her


    27. But, somehow, I think that that vampire is still around, because she still has a strong hold on Cristian,” She gripped the crucifix in her hand, remembering how Sage snapped her necklace from her neck on the stairwell of the hotel when she held the cross to her face, repelling her


    28. Jillian held the crucifix up high repelling them, stating, “I serve a higher power greater than the dark power of this world


    29. Whenever our Master Zacharias (cpth) entered her Mihrab where she be alone obeying God and repelling the devil, he found a provision at her: that is, a science, a knowledge and a revelation about God's Perfection


    30. They were as far apart in the king-size bed as it was possible to be, his straight, firm back repelling hers like a magnet and she felt sure that, if she edged closer, an invisible barrier would brush against her skin, so ingrained were the day’s events

    31. The sun is without any doubt the coldest place in the solar system and therefore it is repelling all space towards the sun just as Kepler showed in his tables


    32. I wasn’t quite sure of the science behind it, but the sewage waste was better at repelling flame than water alone


    33. Coming to an overlook he saw where a group of thirty or more of the enemy were repelling down from a crack in the ceiling above


    34. But the hope which always springs up with love was not weakened in Lothario by this repelling demeanour; on the contrary his passion for Camilla increased, and she discovering in him what she had never expected, knew not what to do; and considering it neither safe nor right to give him the chance or opportunity of speaking to her again, she resolved to send, as she did that very night, one of her servants with a letter to Anselmo, in which she addressed the following words to him


    35. The pettishness that might be caressed into fondness, had yielded to a listless apathy; there was less of the peevish temper of a child which frets and teases on purpose to be soothed, and more of the self-absorbed moroseness of a confirmed invalid, repelling consolation, and ready to regard the good-humoured mirth of others as an insult


    36. At the precise time when Madame Danglars, dressed in black and concealed in a long veil, was ascending the stairs leading to Debray's apartments,—notwithstanding the assurances of the concierge that the young man was not at home,—Debray was occupied in repelling the insinuations of a friend, who tried to persuade him that after the terrible scene which had just taken place he ought, as a friend of the family, to marry Mademoiselle Danglars and her two millions


    37. Gould said in a tone as if she were repelling an undeserved aspersion


    38. Still, for complete relief, he felt the necessity of repelling it loudly and contemptuously


    39. He walked to and fro all the length of the room, stopping sometimes to gnaw the finger-tips of his right hand with a lurid sideways glare fixed on the floor; then, with a sullen, repelling glance all round, he would resume his tramping in savage aloofness


    40. She had begun her confession under the subduing influence of Dorothea's emotion; and as she went on she had gathered the sense that she was repelling Will's reproaches, which were still like a knife-wound within her

    41. The crowd searches for scapegoats, and those it finds become inverted pied pipers, repelling listeners with the dissonant music of their pipes


    42. It was as if there were a thick wall of electric current between us, simultaneously attracting and repelling


    43. With mournful pleasure she now lingered over these images, repelling with horror only the last one, the picture of his death, which she felt she could not contemplate even in imagination at this still and mystic hour of night


    44. She had expected to spend the whole weekend on the defensive, in repelling boarders, so to speak, but so far things had worked out very differently


    45. But though, to landsmen in general, the native inhabitants of the seas have ever been regarded with emotions unspeakably unsocial and repelling; though we know the sea to be an everlasting terra incognita, so that Columbus sailed over numberless unknown worlds to discover his one superficial western one; though, by vast odds, the most terrific of all mortal disasters have immemorially and indiscriminately befallen tens and hundreds of thousands of those who have gone upon the waters; though but a moment's consideration will teach, that however baby man may brag of his science and skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make; nevertheless, by the continual repetition of these very impressions, man has lost that sense of the full awfulness of the sea which aboriginally belongs to it


    46. All mankind in our age have split up into units, they all keep apart, each in his own groove; each one holds aloof, hides himself and hides what he has, from the rest, and he ends by being repelled by others and repelling them


    47. I had decided to live simply and intelligently, without manifesting the least desire to approach my companions; but also without repelling them, if they themselves desired to approach me; in no way to fear their threats or their hatred; and to pretend as much as possible not to be affected by them


    48. And try letting yourself be carried away by your feelings, blindly, without reflection, without a primary cause, repelling consciousness at least for a time; hate or love, if only not to sit with your hands folded


    49. Besides, the unkind, cold, repelling gaze of the once charming, open-hearted and noble Selenin constantly recurred to his mind


    50. Suppose while your commanding officer is making this report, the Spanish force sallies out and makes an attack upon your army, or suppose a Spanish army, with Governor Folch at their head, should march from East Florida with the view of repelling the invasion of this territory; what are Governor Claiborne and his army to do? Ground their arms and surrender themselves prisoners of war; or are they, sir, to drop their muskets and take to their heels? These are the only alternatives presented—they must either surrender, run, or fight




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    Synonyms for "repelling"

    disgustful disgusting distasteful foul loathly loathsome repellant repellent repelling revolting skanky wicked yucky

    "repelling" definitions

    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust