had galled
- past perfect of gall.
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
The question of the cows had galled him till he was driven to remonstrate strongly with his grandfather.
From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade
The saying had galled me as he quoted it; but it did so no longer.
From By Wit of Woman by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
The assumption of superiority on the part of the sons of Zebedee and others was called in question, and it suddenly appeared how this assumption had galled the rest and rankled in their minds.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus
