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This is a galling defeat.
her holier-than-thou attitude is galling
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Which brings us to the most galling mystery of the season: How on earth does this preening man-child get engaged?
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
This fiction will be galling to some people, but deeply reassuring to others.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Adding magic—actual, visible magical spells—to the series is even more galling, as is making Merlin’s home Avalon instead of Ynys Wydryn.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
But what’s most galling about the project is the way that state government has sought to exempt itself and the project from the rules that govern building in California.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
This fiction will be galling to some people, but deeply reassuring to others.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Adding magic—actual, visible magical spells—to the series is even more galling, as is making Merlin’s home Avalon instead of Ynys Wydryn.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
But what’s most galling about the project is the way that state government has sought to exempt itself and the project from the rules that govern building in California.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for galling
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“Galling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galling. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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