gall

The son must endure the gall of being mocked and seeing his mother importuned by greedy suitors who feast nightly on the family’s stores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

And then he has the gall to justify his expenses by saying that we do need two cars.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

When Johnson underwent anesthesia for a gall bladder operation, Moyers was given responsibility to decide whether then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey should take over the president’s powers in the event of a crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

Two police officers attended at about 19:20 and had assessed his death as "non-suspicious" on account of an operation wound from recent gall bladder surgery.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025

Uneasiness latches onto me, like it’s been waiting around a comer all this time and only now has the gall to emerge.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

“We have to make our own from anything with tannin — oak galls, acorns or black walnuts — and let it sit to dye it black.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

But as much as it galls me to admit it, these gems don't always hold up to adult scrutiny.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2022

Eiseman was familiar with galls long before writing his first book, particularly the common ones referred to as “oak apples,” for their large size and roughly spherical shape.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

One common symptom is hyperplasia, the abnormal proliferation of cells that causes the appearance of plant tumors known as galls.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

My own voice galls even me; it oppresses me like a silver fork scraped across porcelain.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Many were particularly galled about a provision in the U.S. plan that extended amnesty for actions taken by all parties during the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

All these decades later, a wide swath of the public today continues to be baffled and occasionally galled by Pollock, just as it didn’t get Serra for years.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

He was galled that he was being asked to reconnect with a psychiatrist, saying that he would not have needed to do so if Keck had not dragged its feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

The block on calls using the popular WhatsApp, FaceTime and Skype applications has particularly galled UAE residents who were separated from families and friends by restrictions during the pandemic.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2021

One Delaware merchant particularly galled him: August Carter.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

To the U.A.E., this was especially galling because several OPEC+ states were routinely falling short of their production targets.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

The most galling part was that in Zenica, near Sarajevo, on Tuesday, the Italians had scored first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The galling sight of Ireland and Wales winning championships and Grand Slams, partying hard as Scotland stared in the window.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Perhaps the most galling part of Cannon’s order, though, was that she issued it at all.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2026

It is galling indeed to have stood so long, hat in hand, waiting for Americans to grow up enough to realize that you do not threaten them.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin