galling

Example Sentences

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It has been particularly galling, Williamson said, because "confidence was starting to build a little bit" in the sector.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

The most galling part is how rarely they do.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

The concurrent spending on infrastructure was particularly galling to female athletes and some alumni, according to SwimSwam.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 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