Sample Sentences for
aversion
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  • I have an aversion to having my picture taken.  (source)
  • Others still called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they made a face--a sneering, distasteful face--the word reeking of deep aversion  (source)
    aversion = dislike
  • She had no aversion to housework.  (source)
    aversion = dislike that leads to avoidance
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  • She had avoided Emily Brent with a kind of shuddering aversion.  (source)
    aversion = dislike that leads to avoidance
  • They say around here that bellies stir up certain cravings or aversions.†  (source)
  • As lads they had an aversion to each other,  (source)
    aversion = dislike
  • Lies and aversions.†  (source)
  • Even at that time, I had not yet conquered my aversion to the dryness of a life of study.  (source)
    aversion = dislike that leads to avoidance
  • I will uncover and invoke inclinations and aversions.†  (source)
  • Not a hint, however, did she drop about sending me to school: still I felt an instinctive certainty that she would not long endure me under the same roof with her; for her glance, now more than ever, when turned on me, expressed an insuperable and rooted aversion.  (source)
  • He mapped out Luigi's character and disposition, his tastes, aversions, proclivities, ambitions, and eccentricities in a way which sometimes made Luigi wince and the others laugh, but both twins declared that the chart was artistically drawn and was correct.†  (source)
  • It's probably just my well-documented aversion to school.  (source)
  • I will not hide my tastes or aversions.†  (source)
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