galling
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the most galling part of Cannon’s order, though, was that she issued it at all.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
The most galling part is how rarely they do.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
As galling as it is to lose three games on home soil, this was an experience England needed before the World Cup.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
Ocasek’s disregard of his bandmates was particularly galling to Orr, Ocasek’s partner of more than 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
We none of us can abide too much longer this containment, trapped here as we all eat our diet of galling news and the smoke of ruin.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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