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 Graham, Harry

It is the gentleness and sweetness and innocence that are galling to me.

From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton