How to Use objectionable in a Sentence
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But an objectionable war is not the same as a war crime.
— Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022 -
The two districts, in the Salt Lake City area, have led the push to remove books deemed objectionable.
— Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024 -
The rape scene isn’t the only one that Trump may find objectionable.
— Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 20 May 2024 -
In a show that’s objectionable for so many reasons, this may be the biggest sin of all.
— Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2018 -
But some of what the panel found objectionable wouldn’t fit the antitrust laws’ mold.
— David McLaughlin, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2020 -
There was no follow-up on the due diligence, or what made the speaker objectionable in the first place.
— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2022 -
The board ordered objectionable books be pulled from the library shelves.
— Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021 -
What is objectionable is doing this when one is a guest.
— Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 -
At the event in Nantes, people appeared ready to discount the things that might be deemed most objectionable about Zemmour.
— Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021 -
Take for an instance, the case of viral objectionable videos.
— Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 21 July 2019 -
What is most objectionable is the disposition of the buildings in the master plan.
— Dallas News, 12 May 2022 -
Aside from overtly objectionable content, the trailer suggests this film will be lighter than the murky flick that that kicked off the franchise in 2016.
— al, 26 Mar. 2021 -
McCown is hardly the only objectionable name in the bird world.
— Zachary Lewis, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2020 -
So McCarthy’s path to the speaker’s chair may end up being the least objectionable option.
— Patrick T. Brown, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022 -
The only thing truly objectionable about this sandwich was the bun.
— Emily Heil, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022 -
This effort is to change that because there are concerns that a lot of these folks that these birds are named after have objectionable paths.
— James Brown, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023 -
In some cases, objectionable films have been phased out.
— Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024 -
Why choose a vague word as the smug shorthand for something morally objectionable?
— Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023 -
In the wake of the chaos at Twitter in recent weeks, there has been talk of brands quitting the platform out of concern that their ads could end up next to objectionable content.
— Clare Duffy, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022 -
To those for whom Russell was a real person, the Sky King treatment is objectionable.
— Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2021 -
Ralph Gomes explained that while objectionable depictions are a slap in the face today, there was a time when they were seen as normal.
— Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020 -
Still, apart from the doxing, these forms of discourse might have made John Stuart Mill proud: objectionable speech answered with more speech.
— Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023 -
So, the objectionable views that Lind expressed to Field and Griffiths didn’t foreclose the evolution of her views on slavery.
— Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2020 -
Some media, of course, may be objectionable for certain age groups.
— David Oliver, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2023 -
That means that a single objectionable candidate could sink the slate.
— A.a., The Economist, 13 Sep. 2019 -
The disconnect may have to do with a lack of knowledge among Italians about the more objectionable aspects of Columbus’s life and legacy.
— Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2020 -
The letter, with no name attached to it, did not cite which law the course violated or what in the curriculum was objectionable.
— Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023 -
But perhaps these items will be less objectionable when the official U.S. models roll in this fall.
— Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Todd isn’t the only person to object to Trump’s use of objectionable language during his speech.
— Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 12 Mar. 2018 -
However objectionable the sign itself might be, those rights are inalienable.
— Arthur Holland Michel, WIRED, 24 July 2024
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