When you smile, people are drawn to you. When you frown, you repel them. From LearnThat.org. [Unknown]
repel the attacker. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
repel the enemy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Poles of the same name repel each other; poles of unlike name attract each other. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
Would vampire skin repel oil spills?. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight Lexicon » Could Breaking Dawn Move to Louisiana?] Reference
So while 'repel' may not be the right word, these chinos are water resistant, a brisk shake and all the water fell to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Product Review: Outlier Winterweight OG Pant] Reference
For one strange of lineage whose kin repel. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
National Enquirer, she's taking time out to focus on "inner growth" and figure out why she seems to constantly "repel" men. From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
The archers were not numerous enough to repel them. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Yet a week from Sunday, no locks will repel speeding bullets. From Wordnik.com. [The Ad Game] Reference
She who came to us at night to be sure we would not repel her!. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
Synthetic fibers, however, do their best to avoid or repel water. From Wordnik.com. [Designers sweat the details to let athletic clothes breathe] Reference
When there is a war the soldiers are called on to repel an enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
I have been trained from birth to detect and repel monster attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Monsters and Me] Reference
There was one particularly eye-catching challenge to repel Bozhinov. From Wordnik.com. [England player ratings v Bulgaria] Reference
The immune system is beautifully designed to repel foreign invasions. From Wordnik.com. [A Vaccine For Breast Cancer?] Reference
Plant flowers and bushes susceptible to pests near plants that repel them. 10. From Wordnik.com. [Save time and money with our quick, easy lawn-care tips: Part II] Reference
repel pests: Several companies are hard at work on plants that will repel pests. From Wordnik.com. [A Mystery In Your Lunchbox] Reference
The strange color, strong heat, and loud sound of the lights seem to repel people. From Wordnik.com. [Jared Braiterman: Sensing Four Seasons at a Tokyo Office Building] Reference
The troops from Corinth were brought up in time to repel the threatened movement without a battle. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The fear: high benefits will lure too many of the poor or high taxes will repel too many businesses. From Wordnik.com. [Rip: The War On Poverty] Reference
Spell after spell, Danica fought them, Every time she got close to strike them, they would repel her. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.12: Danica Leandros, Sentinel of Seiryuu] Reference
A Harvard law graduate with a promising career, 27-year-old Ally has the ability to both inspire and repel. From Wordnik.com. [How Would Ally Do It?] Reference
Or they might use things like chrysanthemum extract to repel insects instead of the mass-produced insecticides. From Wordnik.com. [Is Organically Produced Food More Nutritious?] Reference
Mignolet was soon called to arms, doing well to repel an Adebayor volley after Richards flicked on a Milner corner. From Wordnik.com. [Darren Bent's bright spot provides Sunderland's first league win] Reference
Surely every candid mind and every human heart will repel such a possibility as their final extinction or damnation. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
The magnetic-field lines become so strong that they repel gases below and rise to the surface, according to one theory. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries Of The Sun] Reference
As chilling and brutal as the images were at the time, they have, in the intervening years, lost their power to repel us. From Wordnik.com. [Have We Softened Up On Torture?] Reference
They would realize that such a doctrine would either repel the heathen, or win them to an unreal acceptance of Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Just in time for campaign '96: a suit guaranteed to repel airborne eggs, tomatoes and mud-or at least the stains they'd leave. From Wordnik.com. [Dressed To Spill] Reference
A day after Venezuela cut diplomatic ties, the army warned neighboring Colombia on Friday that it is ready to repel any attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Kosovo bank chief held in graft probe; Iranian president assails Russian; Venezuela warns Colombia] Reference
Most corn in the United States now contains a gene, transplanted from a bacterium, that gives the corn the ability to repel insects. From Wordnik.com. [You Say Tomato, I Say 'Ick'] Reference
Tatami advocate Arai recommends hypoallergenic mats made with cores of cork, charcoal or Styrofoam to resist mold and repel insects. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Ta-Ta To Tatami?] Reference
Several Iraqi divisions were diverted east to repel the phony invasion -- allowing Schwarzkopf's army to maneuver around to the west. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Warriors] Reference
Odierno says the Iraqis are "nationalistic in nature" and that this will repel any "undue malign influences" on the Iraqi government. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
Curtis, commanding Department of Kansas, immediately collected such forces as he could to repel the invasion of Kansas, while General. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
But even this last litany of reported slurs and deceptions was not enough to repel Duke's charge toward the Louisiana governor's mansion. From Wordnik.com. [Saying 'No' To Duke] Reference
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