: inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust
living under appalling conditions
appalling savagery
appallingly
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Examples of appalling in a Sentence
We drove by an appalling accident on the highway.
opening your mouth to show me your half-chewed food is absolutely appalling
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Even more than usual, everyone should read Jim Geraghty’s Morning Jolt from Wednesday, about the appalling extent of Chinese government infiltration of our governing system (at the state and federal levels) and society.
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Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
Our failure to house and care for the mentally or physically disabled is appalling.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The White Sox, working on one of the most appalling seasons in major league history, broke a 21-game losing streak that night with a win over the Athletics.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
In one of the most appalling pandemic-era corporate news stories, seven Tyson Foods managers at a plant in Waterloo, Iowa, were fired in 2020 for setting up a winner-takes-all wager pool in which managers and supervisors placed bets on how many line employees would contract the virus at work.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
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Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
Our failure to house and care for the mentally or physically disabled is appalling.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The White Sox, working on one of the most appalling seasons in major league history, broke a 21-game losing streak that night with a win over the Athletics.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
In one of the most appalling pandemic-era corporate news stories, seven Tyson Foods managers at a plant in Waterloo, Iowa, were fired in 2020 for setting up a winner-takes-all wager pool in which managers and supervisors placed bets on how many line employees would contract the virus at work.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Appalling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appalling. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.
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