How to Use appalled in a Sentence

appalled

adjective

• Hannah is kind of appalled, but it’s not a deal-breaker for her.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Her monologue, one of two in the movie, leaves us both appalled and mesmerized.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• My middle school self would be appalled; my middle-aged self doesn't care.
  — Jane Parker, Bon Appetit, 22 Mar. 2018
• The Turpin children’s story is one that has shocked and appalled people all across America and the world, but their story is far from over.
  — Matt Naham, ajc, 24 Jan. 2018
• Somehow, the moment wins voters over, and when Courtney is announced as the next mayor of Fort Grey, no one’s more appalled than him.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
• Half of the country is appalled but not really sure how to combat him; the other half is cheering, or at least averting its gaze.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 July 2019
• Wall looked appalled at the suggestion, but the comparison seemed apt.
  — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, 15 May 2017
• Scott’s film touches on that appalled feeling, that disgust.
  — Richard Lawson, HWD, 19 Dec. 2017
• And without surprise, as the sculpture was shown publicly, audiences were shocked and appalled.
  — Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 26 Jan. 2018
• Timberlake, red lace in his left hand, looks appalled as producers cut away to a distant long shot and firework display.
  — Nina Mandell, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2017
• For that reason and so many others, Badham is appalled and increasingly outraged that the banning of such a book could, in fact, happen.
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• Others are from people who did not attend but were no less appalled, and outraged, that such boorish behavior took place at the expense of so many.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
• Remember last June when a lawyer argued in front of visibly appalled judges that the squalid conditions observed by many were fine?
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2019
• We too are appalled and disturbed by this atrocious violent crime and our heart and deepest sympathy go out to all involved.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• The day before the Sox were swept by Toronto during their final road series of the season, Cora was up-front about the team’s struggles against the division and somewhat appalled.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• Some were appalled when Obama bailed out automakers with a massive handout.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 24 Jan. 2020
• Though West’s speech did not air during the broadcast, it was recorded by members of the show’s studio audience, including an appalled Chris Rock.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Oct. 2018
• Democrats say people are so appalled by the president — and by extension the rest of the Republican Party — that Schachtner has a chance to compete in a deep-red district.
  — Todd Richmond, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
• His opponents, rightly appalled, lament what has happened to their country.
  — The Economist, 20 July 2019
• However, not everyone was as appalled with the Gaineses treatment of their cornbread.
  — Michael Bartiromo, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2018
• The entire episode has left Arden appalled — by the jail’s questionable monitoring, the unanswered questions and the way police handled her own complaint.
  — Katie Campione, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• But the company relented after facing a backlash from appalled customers and a slumping stock price.
  — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
• According to one version of the story, Hippasus made this discovery at sea, and his appalled fellow Pythagoreans threw him overboard.
  — Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2013
• In contrast to my friends’ appalled reactions to my Israel trip, the other passengers on the full flight to Israel did not seem particularly anxious.
  — Joyce Kamanitz, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
• Many Americans would be appalled to think that anything like caste could exist in a country allegedly founded on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
  — Subramanian Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
• That might have been the occasion for a musing on cultural value, what the world’s appalled reaction tells us about the significance of certain works of the creative imagination over others.
  — Eric Gibson, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2018
• But the idea leaves most epidemiologists both appalled and incredulous.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
• Georgina de Kock, an artist and entrepreneur (who previously sold homemade chocolates and screen prints), launched Munch Bowls in 2014 after working at food markets and becoming appalled at the amount of packaging used to serve street food.
  — Stephanie Bailey and Marion Edmunds, CNN, 29 Nov. 2019
• The manufacture of this content has disrupted the old ways of doing business, the deal-making arts that enchanted and appalled generations of Hollywood observers.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• The comments made headlines from a stunned and appalled media, while many wondered why Republican lawmakers didn’t speak out against this apparent defense of human rights violations.
  — Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 17 June 2018

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024