gall
Example Sentences
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The most galling part of this defeat is what it could have done to Australia.
From BBC
Many were particularly galled about a provision in the U.S. plan that extended amnesty for actions taken by all parties during the war.
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
His new coach with the Clippers, Tyronn Lue, called it a performance that left him “intrigued by what I saw” — and just as galled by what he didn’t.
From Los Angeles Times
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