gall
noun
had galled
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past perfectof gall.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Cuba also eliminated a 10 percent tax on remittances that had galled Cuban-Americans sending money to their families.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2011
Society had galled him with its harness, and the "raw" was visible yet.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various
In all the proceedings of the last few years, what had galled him most had been the act which averted a war between England and her colonies.
From History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 by John Richard Green
When the macerated flesh had almost lost sensation, the thorn that had galled it sometimes in their hot youth rankled incessantly, more venomous than ever.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
It was a wonderful relief to be free from the straps which had galled my shoulders for so long.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
