gall

Example Sentences

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And then he has the gall to justify his expenses by saying that we do need two cars.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

When Johnson underwent anesthesia for a gall bladder operation, Moyers was given responsibility to decide whether then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey should take over the president’s powers in the event of a crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Yet the group’s website has the gall to show both their photos, along with the phrase “Great minds think alike.”

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024

More than 20 years later, my setting out to find her took some gall.

From Salon • May 11, 2024

The forced inaction of their position seemed to gall him more than the others.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie