appall
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Dismay or appall you, sure, but never surprise you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
It, too, is about a sheltered, childlike woman whose quest for knowledge forces her to venture out into the real world, where the complicated politics of gender both appall and fascinate her.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
The blasts shoo the ravenous harbor seals off for a moment, and thrill — or appall — the tourists.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
As the Gap Finder attests, what passes for regular service in Los Angeles would appall riders in Chicago or Washington, D.C.—to say nothing of London or Tokyo.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2021
It might sound like nothing—or worse, it might appall that he only said it once in all those years.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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