were galling
- past progressive of gall.
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 Assembly of the Notables had no other effect than to show in a stronger light the disorder of the finances, and the other wounds that were galling France.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert
We were a slave to manuscript, and the chains were galling; and three months more of such work would have put us in the graveyard.
From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
On the other hand, England, besides imposing restrictions on their industry and commerce, made demands upon them which, though just, were galling to their spirit.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane
Her fetters were galling her to agony, he knew!
From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard
