Example Sentences

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The finding was galling for Tangley residents, who had been banned from sprinkling their gardens with hoses during the drought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

While giving up an RBI single with a 0-2 count to the light-hitting Wong was galling, it wasn’t as costly as Gilbert’s very next pitch.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023

The hypocrisy on display this week was galling but not surprising.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2021

The loss at home to the Cardinals was galling and the firing of Mike McCarthy was justified, even with his distinguished coaching tenure in Green Bay that included a Super Bowl triumph.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2018

The obstacle was galling; physicists could peer over the wall at a murky landscape on the far side, shrouded seductively in mist.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik