gall
noun
were galling
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past progressiveof gall.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Gomez said even the lower amounts returned in earlier years were galling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
The old privileges were galling and hateful to the new wealth and the new knowledge.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Noreen's arrival in the district the previous year and her instant popularity were galling to the older woman.
From The Elephant God by Gordon Casserly
Some of the regulations were galling to the mountain traditions.
From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White
The circumstances under which the battle of the Downs was won were galling to the pride of the English people, and intensified the growing English and Dutch Commercial Rivalry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
