galling

Example Sentences

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The most galling part is how rarely they do.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

"He was the type of person you enjoyed being around and the notion that this helpful, smiling joking guy was being labelled a terrorist? It's galling," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

It’s particularly galling to schools hovering on the line between good and great, because a program no longer needs to be great to get a shot at the national championship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Garfield is all galling charisma and Edebiri is in some pallid register, like a Victorian ghost that you’re not sure whether to fear.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Most galling to me was when she turned down an opportunity to go to an Ivy League business school after college, deciding that it would be too much work and therefore no fun.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama