galling

Example Sentences

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The most galling part was that in Zenica, near Sarajevo, on Tuesday, the Italians had scored first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The most galling part is how rarely they do.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

The most galling part of this defeat is what it could have done to Australia.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

Garfield is all galling charisma and Edebiri is in some pallid register, like a Victorian ghost that you’re not sure whether to fear.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

The obstacle was galling; physicists could peer over the wall at a murky landscape on the far side, shrouded seductively in mist.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik