appalling
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“Derek had the longest list, obviously, but I’ve met some appalling ends.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
But in the wake of the Gorton and Denton by-election in February she said it was "appalling that separatist campaigning was carried out in Urdu by the Green Party".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called it "absolutely appalling".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday denounced the "appalling treatment" of activists aboard the Gaza-bound aid flotilla as "unacceptable," in a call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, according to a statement.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
“Tell me a bit about yourself,” she said at last, “what was it you were doing in the south of France? Living with some appalling American woman, Maxim said.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing appalling
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Brave New World
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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