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

He had a procedure which resulted in the removal of part of his pancreas, the duodenum, the gall bladder and part of his liver.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

Tucked into the speeches lauding Lee’s accomplishments, more than one supporter called out Taylor for having the gall to go after her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025

A few people laugh nervously, but most turn their heads to see if Skeeter has had the gall to show up.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

What galls me is the failure to identify one of the — certainly not the only — bedrock reasons some people go through life with little or no money: mismanagement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

“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

Gall insects are everywhere: It is estimated that 1,000 species of gall wasps in North America are responsible for the galls on oaks alone.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

“And the mordants too. You must learn those. Sometimes sumac. Tree galls are good. Some lichens. “Best is — here, come; let me show you.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

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

It galled me, not being able to recall its real name, as I had read it in Rhetoric and Logic just a few days ago.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The first six games have been galling for under-pressure Arsenal boss Renee Slegers, particularly given pre-season talk of a serious title push.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

IBM’s current predicament is especially galling given it was once at the forefront of AI with Watson, a natural-language computer processing system that won “Jeopardy!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The loss of Shazeer is particularly galling as it is the second time he has left Google.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

And that’s not even the most galling part.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

It is slightly galling to think that we live in a universe that, for the most part, we can’t even see, but there you are.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson