galled
Example Sentences
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Galled by Glass’s implication, Mead took the fledgling concept to task and lamented its growing use in the critical lexicon.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2019
Galled at the collapse the U.S.-trained Iraqi army, senior officials wanted to avoid U.S. casualties at all costs.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2016
Galled by a cutback in their dividends from 50� to 40� a share, the stockholders turned on Straus.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Galled as I was on my own account, I felt it a hundred times more acutely on account of Astræa.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
Galled with the anxious forebodings of a guilty conscience, Glossin now arose, and looked out upon the night.
From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir