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Recent Examples of reptilian
But my brain is already starting to work again, in a kind of reptilian way.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
In the years after that, Logan—whose intense, reptilian demeanor belies presidential aspirations—moved into the scripted battling of WWE.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Likes include chocolate, causing chaos, licking its chops with a long reptilian tongue, making Eddie’s non-Venom life hell, and eating scrumptious human brains.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
The range offers solutions for, reptilian textures, vintage effects, leather-like draping and shiny colors.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
In the years after that, Logan—whose intense, reptilian demeanor belies presidential aspirations—moved into the scripted battling of WWE.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Likes include chocolate, causing chaos, licking its chops with a long reptilian tongue, making Eddie’s non-Venom life hell, and eating scrumptious human brains.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
The range offers solutions for, reptilian textures, vintage effects, leather-like draping and shiny colors.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reptilian
Adjective
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Physicists will use this data to measure the properties of both dark matter as well as dark energy, an equally mysterious repulsive force proposed to explain the accelerating expansion of the universe.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Today, the idea of intentionally dismembering and displaying human body parts can seem shocking, even repulsive.—
Therese Cory,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2022
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These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2022
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That’s crazy to me: divine love shown to us through a disgusting and emaciated corpse hanging on a tool of execution.—
Mike Lowenberg,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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What happens when a social influencer builds her entire rep on a disgusting lie?—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The head of the Zionist Organization of America endorsed Trump’s repugnant scheme.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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James and other Black characters code switch when white characters are present; on his own, James interrogates philosophers like Voltaire for his repugnant views on slavery.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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The return of Dina Manzo wasn’t enough to counter the regrettable new additions, particularly Amber and her loathsome husband, Jim.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the actor only ever knuckles down at being loathsome.—
Glenn Kenny,
New York Times,
13 Dec. 2024
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If ever there was a time to eat your peas, asparagus and a buffet table of other detestable vegetables, Friday was it.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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What’s more, a loss at Hell in a Cell could also force McIntyre to become an even more detestable heel in the weeks and months ahead.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes,
5 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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The clear attempt to further divide our country was abominable.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
8 Mar. 2024
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The two central characters, a mild bespectacled middle-school geek named Hal and his hateful abusive bully of a twin brother, Bill (both are played by Christian Convery), discover the monkey sealed away in a round box.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, Ye advertised his Yeezy website during the 2025 Super Bowl broadcast Sunday (Feb. 9), which aired amid a days-long storm of hateful tweets from the star targeting Jewish people.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Reptilian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reptilian. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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