galling

Example Sentences

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The most galling part of this defeat is what it could have done to Australia.

From BBC

But even more galling to gun-control advocates was that just 38 of the chamber’s 54 Democrats voted in favor.

From Washington Post

"To now learn that lawyers have taken such a significant chunk of the compensation paid out to survivors is galling but unsurprising," he said.

From BBC

After test scores revealed that 4th and 8th graders are weaker in math and reading than they’ve been in nearly 20 years, Reykdal’s description of learning loss as “a misnomer” is galling.

From Seattle Times

Most galling of all to many Nigerians has been the widespread shortages of fuel in one of Africa’s largest oil-producing countries.

From Washington Post