How to Use distasteful in a Sentence

distasteful

adjective
  • It was a distasteful subject to him.
  • The work was distasteful, but it was the best I could find at the time.
  • To me, such conduct comes off as strange, bizarre and distasteful.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Squirrels may even find the scent distasteful.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 2 June 2026
  • The open pursuit of money would have been distasteful to her.
    — Jane Ciabattari august 12, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
  • There will be times where his style is ignorant or distasteful.
    — Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Yet some of us (the squares) find this distasteful—an undignified kind of life.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The very word 'conquest' was distasteful to him in this context.
    — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • His close ties to Wall Street were also distasteful to those on the left.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2019
  • The move struck some as a distasteful attempt to push Pelosi toward the door.
    — Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • That’s a very distasteful election-year predicament for many.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The idea was doubly distasteful, because who knew who was watching us, and from where?
    — WIRED, 11 Dec. 2017
  • That brinkmanship play was distasteful back then, but the leaders picked a lane and pursued it.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • The performance of the big meal is done, the mood has relaxed, the more distasteful guests are long gone.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024
  • And really not detract from that with a distasteful joke.
    — Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • And really not detract from that with a distasteful joke.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • To write about them as creatures or objects is really distasteful to me.
    — New York Times, 4 May 2021
  • So is this a distasteful, not to mention wasteful, stunt, or a lucrative art project cum pot of gold?
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2022
  • If truth be told, many musicians and many music lovers came to find the Bowl distasteful.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Among soccer purists, the prospect of playing on turf ranges from distasteful to dangerous.
    — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Other experts, however, seemed to find the whole idea a bit distasteful.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
  • My actions last night were distasteful and inexcusable, and there is no place for it in the game of soccer.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
  • So if the article is really distasteful, is that just because the truth is?
    — Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com, 26 July 2021
  • But many activists found the line distasteful, with one person comparing it to a slave auction.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The question is whether any government gets to impose its views about what is moral and suppress those if finds distasteful.
    — Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 24 June 2019
  • Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The jaunty tone of the movie would be utterly distasteful were Olya’s story true.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Each young man finds the other’s culture (and his own) at times dismaying, distasteful and hard to respect.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 14 May 2021

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