gall
noun
are galling
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present progressiveof gall.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless, a number of the newly detailed practices are galling.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022
Such statements are galling to Ms. Walton, 39, who says the mayor’s intransigence is doing a disservice to the residents of the very city he says he loves.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Just because these new test and guidelines are galling, however, doesn’t mean they’re all bad.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2017
He is facile princeps, perhaps, of his calling; But jokes about princip'ly forceps are galling!
From Familiar Faces by Harry Graham
Having a mind as other men, such arbitrary restrictions are galling.
From Unfettered A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs
