How to Use disgusting in a Sentence

disgusting

adjective
  • What a disgusting way to treat people.
  • The rent is high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable.
    Scott Howard, National Review, 18 July 2023
  • The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable.
    Longreads, 8 May 2018
  • And this time the event will feature some of the more disgusting denizens of the Great Lakes.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 July 2022
  • They have been called the most disgusting creatures in the ocean.
    Nicola Di Girolamo, The Conversation, 24 July 2019
  • Both dogs got tapeworm—which was disgusting—and had to stay out in the yard till the pills went to work.
    T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The cow, that grubworm thing, was just disgusting and awesome and all of the stuff.
    Wired, 29 July 2022
  • Get your girls who can do both — be disgusting and hot.
    Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 12 June 2018
  • Of course Katie puked — that is straight-up disgusting.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • To try and twist my words to have an excuse to take digs at my child is disgusting.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2022
  • For one, this Scotch whisky from the makers of Scotch tape does not sound disgusting!
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • And just like the first wound on his back, the new disgusting wound is infected.
    Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2022
  • So my sheets looked hideous, and my toenails were just disgusting the whole six months.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
  • And the fact that people can be so disgusting is just kind of beyond me.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
  • All this emotion was disgusting, this Reign of Feeling, fear the least of it. Kyung Hee was at the open door.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • To be accused of being groomers, that's the most disgusting thing.
    Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Last week, a Lufkin Walmart was the scene of the disgusting act of desert degradation.
    Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2019
  • The bedroom was disgusting and his kitchen was piled to the ceiling with dishes.
    Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, 15 Mar. 2019
  • Chris Hayes appalled by ‘disgusting' push to keep kids out of drag shows.
    Fox News, 17 June 2022
  • But the state of Roy is so rotten that a disgusting smell emanates throughout the manse.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2019
  • His life has been remarkable, and for Democrats to try to smear him is disgusting.
    Alexander Hall, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Many denizens see them as a noisy and disgusting nuisance.
    Sameer Rao, baltimoresun.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The failings of the human body are absurd, disgusting, and dumb.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Even homes that were disgusting or burned out sold quickly, and at amounts that were well over the asking price.
    Anna Bahney, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Michael Ringle’s disgusting actions will follow us for the rest of our lives.
    Caitlin Taylor, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Why did my country have to be disgusting and full of poor villages?
    Jason Potere, ABC News, 24 May 2021
  • The Democrats made a huge mistake by chastising the Trump supporters, and that was disgusting to me.
    Melissa Locker, Time, 27 Feb. 2018
  • These disgusting games must end or the Heat will deserve to be lottery bound.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2022
  • This disgusting world broke her and kept on breaking her.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 26 July 2023
  • One person with three kids said it got rid of even the most disgusting stains on their walls, and another person shared that their patio floor stains are gone thanks to the tool.
    Shea Simmons, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024

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