galling
Example Sentences
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It all has to be at least a little galling for the English teachers and Homeric scholars who have long tried to get students to appreciate the material like they do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It can be galling that while the total at the checkout continues to rise, supermarkets are seemingly profiting.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
And that’s not even the most galling part.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
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
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
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