gall

Then it has the gall to call it a win for us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

They can range from nausea through to hair loss to more serious and rare complications like kidney issues and gall stones.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

And then he has the gall to justify his expenses by saying that we do need two cars.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

Tucked into the speeches lauding Lee’s accomplishments, more than one supporter called out Taylor for having the gall to go after her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025

But it wouldn't come up, only a bitter spurt of gall filled my mouth and splattered the old folk's possessions.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

What galls her is that “it’s so often the case that a person with a disability has to make themselves indigent in order to qualify for what they need,” Smith said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024

But as much as it galls me to admit it, these gems don't always hold up to adult scrutiny.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2022

Eiseman was familiar with galls long before writing his first book, particularly the common ones referred to as “oak apples,” for their large size and roughly spherical shape.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

One common symptom is hyperplasia, the abnormal proliferation of cells that causes the appearance of plant tumors known as galls.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

My own voice galls even me; it oppresses me like a silver fork scraped across porcelain.

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

Many were particularly galled about a provision in the U.S. plan that extended amnesty for actions taken by all parties during the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

All these decades later, a wide swath of the public today continues to be baffled and occasionally galled by Pollock, just as it didn’t get Serra for years.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

The block on calls using the popular WhatsApp, FaceTime and Skype applications has particularly galled UAE residents who were separated from families and friends by restrictions during the pandemic.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2021

The ban levied last week by a pair of the world’s richest and most powerful companies galled supporters of free elections and free expression.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

She was right, he knew, though it galled him that she would make that decision 1 should never have come to the ball, he realized belatedly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

The loss of Shazeer is particularly galling as it is the second time he has left Google.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

What is especially galling, some victims said, is that their compensation for years of fighting for justice will boil down to a day’s pay for a Purdue attorney like Huebner, who charges $2,935 an hour.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

The galling sight of Ireland and Wales winning championships and Grand Slams, partying hard as Scotland stared in the window.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

The obstacle was galling; physicists could peer over the wall at a murky landscape on the far side, shrouded seductively in mist.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik