appalling

Example Sentences

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Network Rail said it had been able to clear the Aberdeen- Inverness line by Tuesday evening, despite its teams encountering some "appalling conditions" around Insch.

From BBC

Kendall said the situation was "absolutely appalling", adding "we cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these degrading images."

From BBC

"This is illegal," he said, also calling it "appalling" and "disgusting".

From BBC

The dismissal to Labuschagne's bouncer plan as the second new ball approached was an appalling piece of cricket.

From BBC

As one interview subject points out late in director Tracey Moore’s documentary, the excesses of the English press after the disappearance of Yeates were appalling, yet pale in comparison to what now routinely happens online.

From The Wall Street Journal