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Examples of galling in a Sentence
This is a galling defeat.
her holier-than-thou attitude is galling
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Equally galling is that new protective guidelines weren’t followed in Marcello’s case.
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Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2024
The first and most galling is the resurfacing of Chris Lowell, one of the jurors who acquitted Durst in the Galveston murder trial and then quickly befriended him.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024
Ellison said this was particularly galling, given that Banken markets his business as helpful to a community that has been shut out of the traditional home purchasing market.
—Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 14 May 2024
Most galling, perhaps, is that the Kremlin has been deploying the same drones as Tehran in its assault on Ukrainian cities.
—Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
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Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2024
The first and most galling is the resurfacing of Chris Lowell, one of the jurors who acquitted Durst in the Galveston murder trial and then quickly befriended him.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024
Ellison said this was particularly galling, given that Banken markets his business as helpful to a community that has been shut out of the traditional home purchasing market.
—Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 14 May 2024
Most galling, perhaps, is that the Kremlin has been deploying the same drones as Tehran in its assault on Ukrainian cities.
—Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Galling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galling. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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