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Sentences with aversion

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  • Many people have a natural and emotional aversion to insects. [+ to/for]
  • He is my pet aversion
  • Tiger Woods, whose aversion to intimate revelations is legendary, is considering an invitation to appear on the sofa of talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.
  • An aversion to handouts enabled this indigenous leader to help others.
  • A strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
  • His pet aversion is guests who are always late.
  • Disgraced former psychiatrist Selwyn Leeks, who used electric shock aversion therapy to punish children.
  • Aversion, antipathy both imply an ingrained feeling against that which is disagreeable or offensive, , aversion stressing avoidance or rejection, and , antipathy, active hostility; , repugnance emphasizes the emotional resistance or opposition one offers to that which is incompatible with one's ideas, tastes, etc.; , loathing suggests a feeling of extreme disgust or intolerance; , revulsion suggests a drawing back or away from in disgust, horror, etc.; , abhorrence implies a feeling of extreme aversion or repugnance
  • Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
  • Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
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