galling

Example Sentences

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The most galling part is how rarely they do.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

This galling notion sets her on a rampage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Maybe even more galling, Finebaum said his boss had “killed” a planned interview with Trump in 2019.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025

The finding was galling for Tangley residents, who had been banned from sprinkling their gardens with hoses during the drought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

We none of us can abide too much longer this containment, trapped here as we all eat our diet of galling news and the smoke of ruin.

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