How to Use anathema in a Sentence

anathema

noun
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  • And that is anathema to those that live and sell the outdoor life.
    — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 13 May 2022
  • At the same time, the Arnolds have funded causes that are anathema to some on the left.
    — Rebecca Robbins, STAT, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The idea of Auto-Tune and singing to a pre-recorded track are anathema to Strings.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2022
  • Screens are an anathema to the group, which sees them as a drain on mental health.
    — Andrew Maynard, Fortune, 12 May 2023
  • The notion of eating the same cuisine two days in a row is anathema to most of us.
    — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appetit, 23 Feb. 2017
  • The thought of returning to a hard-right regime again is anathema to many.
    — David A. Andelman, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The notion of eating the same cuisine two days in a row is anathema to most of us.
    — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appetit, 23 Feb. 2017
  • And to be so aggressive with clients is anathema, even for partners in the firms.
    — Karthik Ramanna, Fortune, 11 July 2020
  • This may be anathema to many, but there is good news, and plenty of hope for a brighter future.
    — Paul Roehrig, Quartz, 3 June 2019
  • But the idea that anyone could only eat six fries is still anathema to me.
    — Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 14 July 2021
  • And if that seems anathema to the M division ethos, so are throw pillows and a 6054-pound curb weight.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 June 2023
  • That the country might be governed by Bengalis was, of course, anathema to Bhutto and the army.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Of course, that kind of commitment might be anathema for some folks.
    — Lisa Butterworth, SELF, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The Dogman sat with his mouth ajar, as though the idea of refusing a call was anathema to his truest being.
    — Michael Deagler, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • At the time, all of this was anathema in corporate South Korea.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2020
  • That’s not to say that Hawley’s version of conservatism is anathema to the right.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 July 2022
  • This progress in science was not anathema to most religions in the 19th and 20th centuries.
    — James Conca, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • To me, this inclusion is an anathema to a union contract at all.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
  • So much of the new sobriety flex is anathema to the captious alcoholics of 12-step groups.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Drinking a full sugar soda is anathema for this group, who are finicky and smug.
    — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2020
  • All of these moves would have been anathema to the drafters of India’s constitution.
    — Jonah Blank, The Atlantic, 10 June 2021
  • All-Star still yet to enter the prime of his flourishing career seems, on the surface at least, to be anathema to what the lottery is for.
    — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • To me, bringing a gun into a classroom is anathema to the very notion of what being a teacher is.
    — The Editors, Marie Claire, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Sadly, this kind of reform still seems to be anathema to Mr Modi.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • But this time, the guard rails were anathema to some members of a community that has often been failed by health care providers.
    — New York Times, 15 June 2022
  • For more centrist or left-of-center leaders, like Mr. Biden, that kind of approach has long been anathema.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
  • That is anathema to the far different models of capitalism practised by the French and Germans, which makes the fury all the more acute.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 26 Mar. 2021
  • But this kind of long-term, trust-building diplomacy is anathema to Trump.
    — Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 6 Oct. 2017
  • To many, though, the idea of non-abstinent recovery is anathema.
    — Gabrielle Glaser, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2015
  • Any win for Biden is anathema to their pure version of obstruction.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 2 June 2021

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