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

"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

Ocasek’s disregard of his bandmates was particularly galling to Orr, Ocasek’s partner of more than 20 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

“Almost as galling as being discovered in the midst of an embrace.”

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