I certainly would not have threatened her with thuggee, even had I contemplated so abominable an act.

The front-page denunciation of this "abominable act" and the official funeral at the église de la Madeleine gave the operation even more impact.

How could the king, divinely blessed, allow this abominable act?

A cruel, abominable act!

(Ms. Taymor observes in her program notes that "the abominable acts of torture and murder belong to human beings.")

He famously said: "Dress it up as we will, we are still talking about the unnatural, offensive, and abominable act of buggery."

The police must exert great efforts in order to catch the despicable murderer, and the entire nation must unite in condemning this abominable act.

Between racking sobs she made clear the source of her anguish: an abominable act only just now committed by the ghoul upon her daughter.

These crimes include such abominable acts as rape and sexual exploitation of children.