galled
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Galled by Glass’s implication, Mead took the fledgling concept to task and lamented its growing use in the critical lexicon.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2019
Galled at the collapse the U.S.-trained Iraqi army, senior officials wanted to avoid U.S. casualties at all costs.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2016
Galled by a cutback in their dividends from 50� to 40� a share, the stockholders turned on Straus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Galled and irritated with himself, he sat down, and went on, in no improved humour: 'Mrs Dombey, it is very necessary that there should be some understanding arrived at between us.
From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles
Galled by this indifference, John Rex had attempted to practise those ingenious arts of torment by which Gabbett, Vetch, or other leading spirits of the gang asserted their superiority over their quieter comrades.
From For the Term of His Natural Life by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop
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