How to Use disgust in a Sentence

disgust

1 of 2 noun
  • He eyed the greasy food with disgust.
  • As the smell of garbage drifted through the air, she wrinkled her nose in disgust.
  • He talked about his disgust with the way the news media focuses on celebrities.
  • She shook her head in disgust when I described the scene.
  • Much to the disgust of some listeners, the speech was interrupted several times by a few people in the audience.
  • But disgust didn’t stay in the kitchen.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Mighty Bay gets a kick out of my disgust.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Han and his wife stare at me, disgust written all over their faces.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Though her face is out of focus, then of view, in her voice her disgust is clear.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • At the grocery store, a man shopping with his teenage son looked at me with disgust.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • But the emotion beneath it all was a very real disgust.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Even people in her party were looking at her with disgust.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Angie stared at Jean with blatant disgust, then blinked hard.
    — Hannah Gold, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
  • Or rather, his finger—sliced off and flung in disgust at Pádraic’s doorstep.
    — Hazlitt, 17 May 2023
  • Predictably, this was met with widespread disgust and calls for tighter controls.
    — John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Ben, but with different hair and a permanent curl of disgust on his lip.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 23 June 2022
  • Kevin De Bruyne threw his hands up in disgust as another pass went astray.
    — Steve Douglas, ajc, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Taasa looks at him in blank, exhausted disgust and then looks straight into the camera.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Bogaerts flung his bat in disgust and began jawing at Tichenor.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Some of Attia’s fans have expressed disgust since the emails were made public.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Voters expressed more than the usual amount of disgust with both parties.
    — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Some of Ward’s disgust was with himself for having gotten played.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Underwood was on his feet much of that time with his hands in the air and a look of disgust cemented on his face.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That said — wow, has Purple Hearts kicked up a firestorm of disgust from so many viewers.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The disgust starts in your thinking brain, not your animal instincts.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Students expressed anger and disgust.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • It was filled with snark, disgust, vitriol and probably some truth.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • Take the disgust some people feel at hearing someone chewing.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Harper’s disgust marks a major schism between the former besties.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Some people begin hustling their kids out of the pavilion, others walk out in disgust.
    — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023

disgust

2 of 2 verb
  • The photographs disgust some people.
  • She's a vegetarian because the idea of eating meat totally disgusts her.
  • One thing on my travels has disgusted me.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • Some were disgusted, while others were filled with joy.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • She was made for a man who disgusted her, in a world that gave her no say in the matter.
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
  • They were disgusted by the comments.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Sep. 2025
  • None of my work has been as aggravated or disgusted as this record.
    — nola.com, 6 June 2019
  • Gary Cohn has let it be known that he was disgusted by the press conference.
    — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 16 Aug. 2017
  • But there are so many agents within the bureau that were disgusted by what happened.
    — Fox News, 1 June 2018
  • Most of all he is disgusted by his father’s treatment of his mother.
    — Tim Parks, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • No, though his playing of the race card—or the white supremacy card—continues to disgust me.
    — Mary Kaye Schilling, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Christine assures him that she could never be disgusted with him.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • He was still disgusted by their anger and threats, and by the failure of the older leaders present to stand up to them.
    — David Kaiser, Time, 5 June 2018
  • The consequences of disgusting one’s wife, whether or not one agrees with her premise, could be enormous.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • That’s what really disgusts me.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • Now, to the restrooms, which seemed to truly disgust the inspector.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The creators are often shocked and disgusted at how dirty their spoons are and what kind of debris is removed.
    — Amanda Lauren, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2023
  • If the world appears disgusted by so many naked feet on airplanes, why on earth are people still doing it?
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Leaving the house in a pair of flip-flops in Manhattan is disgusting to me, no shade.
    — Julie Ma, The Cut, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Other students said they were disgusted by the post and that hate speech was being spewed by students at their school.
    — Mará Rose Williams, kansascity.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • He looks staggered at first, then disgusted, and, finally, proud.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Roman is disgusted by the plan, and summarily shoots it down.
    — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Pelicot is disgusted by the question.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Being the assumed carrier of that entire weight would disgust me more than the leering.
    — Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The relief the consumer feels upon getting their goods back gives way to disgust and sadness over how they were treated.
    — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Conway was disgusted and knew her pushback against Todd would not get replayed on any network.
    — Howard Kurtz, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The president is disgusted by the very democracy he is sworn to protect.
    — Adrian Daub, New Republic, 14 Feb. 2018
  • They are hurt and they are harmed by the article, and also they are disgusted by some of the things that were said in the article.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Chris Marino, who at least uses a name on Twitter, was disgusted too.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 12 June 2018
  • The creativity of men, which is not creativity at all but a mode of conquest, disgusts him.
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023

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