This is a galling defeat.
her holier-than-thou attitude is galling
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But to have the hypocrisy be laid out so starkly, just a few clicks away on the same website, is particularly galling.—James Folta, Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026 Bandwagon fandom truthers may find this especially galling.—Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026 The fact their taxes help support those practices is particularly galling.—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026 What’s particularly galling is that many who reap Wall Street trading largesse are quick to point the finger at others over unethical behavior.—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for galling