appallingly

Example Sentences

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"Social media is appallingly toxic," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

His colleagues are given duties at which they either excel or fail appallingly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Exhausted from the high-living and heavy travelling, they played appallingly and lost.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025

For all of the time, effort and money, not to mention emotional distress, the results have been appallingly minimal.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

She had a heap of appallingly dirty mats that Tendai assumed was the babies’ bedding.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer