How To Use Appall In A Sentence

Second, at the same time, I'm somewhat surprised and mildly appalled that this story hasn't generated a lot of buzz in the blogosphere.
Moreover, I realized -- experienced, even -- at long last, that "the Body of Christ" is a good deal more than a figure of speech; it is an appalling truth and mystery, uniting us beyond our knowing with one another, and uniting us with an ever greater mystery, the perichoresis ( "circling dance") of the Holy Trinity Who is our One God. Scott Cairns: Recovering the Body of Christ
At lunch, Monsieur Caïn and his wife, who epitomize the nouveau bourgeoisie, continue to berate their daughter for what they see as appalling manners and lack of respect.
The following day, North accused his bosses of appalling, dishonest and unethical behaviour.
The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.

They are demeaning the quality of public discourse, and setting an appalling example to young people. Times, Sunday Times
(Isaiah 59: 15-16) (this is the only place where the word appalled is used for the way God feels -- in other words, the only thing which we know God is appalled by is if people are not doing justice) "Blessed are they who maintain justice .... As People of Faith . . . We Must Impeach
We put you up, and I know that kind of appalls you. CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2005
Naturally, I was appalled to discover that Knog's entire product line is simply a cheap ruse to smuggle sapphist erotica into America. Conspiracy By Mail: The Hidden Dangers of Online Bicycle Retail
I was appalled by John's rude behavior.
It looks at some appalling racial attacks, including a skinhead raid last June on a Gypsy camp near Naples.
Given his appalling record, he deserved serious punishment. The Sun
We were not appalled when Prince Harry went to a fancy dress party as a Nazi (a good place for a Nazi uniform - on a dickhead at a piss-up), and we are not appalled by what he called his pal Ahmed Raza Khan. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
We are appalled at the perilous state of the farming and fishing industries.
Conditions in this makeshift camp on the outskirts of the town are appalling. Times, Sunday Times
When I lived in India, I was appalled at the lack of respect for a livable life we all displayed.
Miguel blinked, appalled and overwhelmed before rationally reasoning with himself, as all mathematicians can.
The weather was appalling, and German artillery made life unpleasant for the British.
This is one of the most shocking and appalling media smears we have seen - and we have been shocked and appalled many times in the past.
She had been alerted online to the product by an Indian citizen appalled at the prospect of people trampling over or wiping their feet on the emblem. Times, Sunday Times
Her lack of respect and love for her ancestors, many of whom share a lived memory of Hitler, is appalling.
I was appalled to read the mayor's vitriolic attack on the homeless.
When I lived in India, I was appalled at the lack of respect for a livable life we all displayed.
The demands which Humbert makes upon Lolita, with his appalling sentimentality, cannot possibly be met by her: and the result is a bitter comedy in which the nymphet answers his passion by demand for more iced lollies or fudge sundaes. From the archive, 23 January 1959: Lolita and its critics
It ran for two years on Broadway to mixed reviews: its undisguised cynicism appalled many critics.
The naivety, hateful ignorance and misguided arguments of his article were appalling to say the least.
The thought of the long day's travel with the dogs appalls me; the thought of the keen frost in the morning and of the frozen sled-lashings frightens me — The Night-Born
The decision to execute the two men has appalled many politicians.
They were appalled by the damage from the fire.
Appalling Others show real-life autopsies, filmed for medical purposes, showing the removal of human eyes, tongues and scalps.
The chemicals, confiscated from Hitler's Third Reich at the end of the second world war, were mustard gas, phosgene, tabun and lewisite, all of which can inflict appalling injuries.
It appalls me that I need a “standing” tag with such regularity. Archive 2009-02-01
Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork?
The Office of Inspector General -- which in May issued a damning report about the appalling lack of enforcement of inhumane large-scale commercial dog breeding operations -- found that the present government program for inspecting horses for soring "is not adequate to ensure that these animals are not being abused. Wayne Pacelle: Federal Audit Finds Rampant Abuses of Show Horses; Agency Reform Promised
A quarter of the women had undergone Caesareans, with one in three of those describing the care they received after the procedure as ‘appalling’.
The story is part love story, part comedy of self-justification, and part a chronicle of an appalling crime.
Not only did you rob her of her bag but you injured her and the offence has left an appalling blot upon her memory.
They are the victims of appalling brutality, singled out by the Nazis as subhuman and beaten mercilessly.
A professional actor who is appalled by the slack behaviour of an indisciplined group of amateurs seemed a good counterpoint for an uptight Christian coming amongst heathens. Playing with fire: The Wicker Man musical
Has the world's most pugnacious advocate for the world's poor, a man who almost single-handedly brought the appalling images of famine-struck Africa into the front rooms of millions of Britons, finally gone too far?
I have never had a problem with the okra 'mucilage', but I know some people are completely appalled by it. Gastropod: Okra
Why does flour, grainy and powdery, on human flesh, so appall ? I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
appalling conditions
We finally manage to get to the heart of the eerie water delta where the devastation was appalling.
Suddenly, and with appalling quickness the mastodonic brute reared itself on its mighty hind legs and elongated its neck and body in an effort to reach this vociferous pigmy whose clamor was disturbing the primeval silence of its horrible realm. The Conquering Sword Of Conan
Conditions in this makeshift camp on the outskirts of the town are appalling. Times, Sunday Times
It is reassuring when you come to a thinker with no desire to be an appalling old waxwork. Times, Sunday Times
These various cries of the assailants, contradicting each other, showed their irresolution; while Richard, his foot still on the archducal banner, glared round him with an eye that seemed to seek an enemy, and from which the angry nobles shrunk appalled, as from the threatened grasp of a lion. The Talisman
The threat to life of this appalling violence is palpable and so is the serious economic threat to a fledgeling and vulnerable nation. Times, Sunday Times
In this passage, Oothoon's rhetoric of purity and defilement reveals her unwitting capitulation to Theotormon's ascetic dualism (which opposes chastity to harlotry), while her use of the verb "rend" in her instruction to Theotormon's eagles implies, most appallingly, an invited repetition of Bromion's act of rape. Gender, Environment, and Imperialism in William Blake's _Visions of the Daughters of Albion_
It was an appalling catalogue of incompetence, lies and cover-ups. The Sun
What induces perpetrators from all walks of life to sexually abuse young children, even infants, often with appalling violence?
When he finally showed the film to the studio, they were so appalled they demanded he recut it. Times, Sunday Times
The figures are appalling: 1,800,000 people in London live on the poverty line and below it, and 1,000,000 live with one week's wages between them and pauperism. THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF LIFE
His corporate second-in-command and all purpose gadgeteer Lucius Fox is appalled, objecting that this is too much power for one man to wield. But Do You Have a Bat-Warrant?
It is in appalling taste and naturally I therefore found it very amusing.
The female escaped but the male deer suffered appalling injuries as it tried to get away from the crowds of jeering onlookers.
The victims have suffered a horrendous ordeal and quite appalling injuries in the case of Mr Francis.
I am appalled he would sanction the introduction of legislation such as this which, as Deputy Dukes said, will fetter the members of the House now and in the future.
And it appalls me that people who claim for their views the authority of science routinely and arbitrarily insist on a brutally reductionist notion of what a human being is, what the human mind is, that justifies as inevitable every sort of meagerness and rapacity. Marilynne Robinson: Religion, Science and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
(link) I wouldn't say Brown's record is appalling - although I think there are big questions over whether PFI was actually good value for money or a sensible way to build well-designed hospitals. Amuchmoreexotic: A simple but brilliant theory
The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather.
It accounts for the occasional lapses into infelicitous sentiment, tired phrasing and intrusive personal details that would have appalled the American.
Why does flour, grainy and powdery, on human flesh, so appall ? I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
The discourse of Sarah Palin and her friends is appalling on its own, but worse is the way in which their readings of the Constitution and American history in general have been accepted as uncontroversially true by so many voters. Robin Lakoff: Education: Yes, but Why?
Members of Congress are appalled by the prospect of taxpayer funds going to companies lavishing such undeserved largess on such a group of demonstrated failures.
The state of the kitchen appalled her.
The man is clearly a mindless thug and should have been jailed for his appalling attack on others. The Sun
They toil long hours in appalling conditions in machine shops and restaurants.
Fifteen minutes into the usual volley of questions and answers, he suddenly stops, looks appalled and clasps a hand to his face.
Patricia said she is appalled that she was left stranded to deal with the crisis herself.
His manners are appalling you can't take him anywhere!
During the reign of King Philip II, Pope Pius V, appalled at the unconscionable carnage of the bullfights, forbade the practice of the corridas.
appalled by the social conditions of migrant life
Phrases like ‘puppy farms’ with its connotation of cute and cuddly has changed into a byword for appalling dens of excruciating cruelty.
Mental health wards are often so appalling that they make patients worse rather than better. Times, Sunday Times
They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two months.
It was written by a childhood resident of the Residential School and gave the first details of appalling abuse children there suffered at the hands of some workers many years before.
The grisly human sacrifice described by Dio Cassius is presented as the work of a handful of violent drunks and is quickly stopped by an appalled Boudica, and a little Roman boy is horrified by a bear-baiting in the arena. Boudica, Queen of the Iceni
Indeed Safire should be remembered, not only as a man passionate about language, but as a civil and urbane conservative who, I would like to believe, was as appalled by the current outbreak of right-wing political ergotism as am I. Archive 2009-09-01
But I think an even better idea is to get rid of the save altogether, that way we can all be shocked and appalled, but nobody has to second-guess a decision or make Casey feel like crap that he's still there and that perhaps the best vocalist in the competition has gone home. American Idol Episode Recap: The Top 8 Revealed
There flows a ruddier light through the blood-colored panes, and the blackness of the sable drapery appalls.
Substituting logic and reasoning for quackery and fraud appalls me.
From the safety of the shallows Carolyn watched the behavior of her friends, appalled. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
It is this type of willful misrepresentation, lying and scaremongering by even the official antivax brigade which I find so appalling. slippinaway On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
In a society seeking moral footing after 50 years of totalitarian rot, he found these public manners personally appalling and potentially combustible.
The appalling conditions that animal exhibits suffer have also roused the nation's growing animal rights movement. Times, Sunday Times
He's so appalled by the remake that he wants his name removed from all the promotional material.
This was an appalling crime carried out on an innocent young woman. The Sun
Surely heads MUST roll for such appalling bad practice? The Sun
His catalogue of crimes is appalling: assaults on other children, dog mess through letterboxes, vandalism.
I regret my own appalling academic record. The Sun
Unfortunately it also has the most appalling collection of yahoos in English cricket and their drunken antics put Headingley's Test future in some jeopardy.
It's appalling." — "It is. I agree.".
And it's not every day that you get an email from one using the word "appalled" when referring to an article in a respected journal like Pediatrics. News
There followed an appalling tensity; a prodigious gathering of force; a panic stirring concentration of energy. The Metal Monster
He really does have an appallingly low boredom threshold. Times, Sunday Times
All were acutely aware of the cultural richness of their country and all deeply appalled at the spoliation of their very special heritage and felt that their national identity had been attacked and undermined.
A wacky, black-comic interlude has morphed with appalling speed into a potential bloodbath.
I am angered and appalled at the way the news media has made a circus of their portrayal of this case.
It is not just sadness in such a situation, it is appalling, gratuitous cruelty. Times, Sunday Times
It isn't hard to guess that most westerners are appalled at the levels of violence and animal cruelty that go hand in hand with the sport of cockfighting.
Much of the blame for this appalling run of weather can be pinned on the jet stream. Times, Sunday Times
The hotel is described as ‘pretty appalling’ and its attempt to mimic the postern on the walls opposite has been called ‘deplorable’.
It is a patchwork of Clan, tribal loyalties, religious zealotry, appallingly poor, indemicly corrupt politician, power mad factionally torn military and a corporate sector which is (not surprisingy greedy and in for their chop) all of which are in varing degrees fractiousness and discontentedness. Pakistan "Emergency" Ban of Constitution, Independent Media-- A Media Emergency In USA Too
Surely, the Founders would be appalled by a popularly-elected Senate, a check on democratic majoritarianism and federal power they thought much more important than judicial nullification.
The reader gawps, in turns amused and appalled, at an enthralling variety bill of Victorians and Social Gospellers.
In my experience such lightbulbs give out appallingly dim light which makes prolonged reading and close craftwork impossible. Times, Sunday Times
But so many loved him despite his often appalling behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
If this release is ‘corrected,’ the uncorrected version must be truly appalling.
I am incandescent with rage that such appalling suffering is being inflicted here in Britain. The Sun
I came back hoping to hear good things and I am appalled that it has fallen apart this way.
How appalling to think that with a few more boats -- and the ship was provided with that particular kind of davit that would launch more boats -- there would have been no decision of that kind to make! The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons
She is appalled to see him stand before them with folded hands and humbly assert that he was fine.
In the midst of this appalling ruin of the monuments of man's power, nature asserted her ascendancy, and shone more beauteous from the contrast. III.9
So what happens if a gay, black, single mother police officer discovers that eating more chocolate cures cancer, has a house that suffers a 20% drop in price due to asylum seekers being housed for free in her empty neighbours house (empty because the neighbours are away on an appalling cut-price cruise they got in the Daily Mail). The Truth Behind The £100 Phonecalls « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The league says this failure means up to 3,000 teenagers are locked up in inhumane, appalling conditions.
As appalling as that 1968 assault was, thuggery is nothing new in politics; it transcends time, ideology and party. Michael Winship: The Pulpit of Bullies
The invective I saw on these threads particularly from the one I referred to as the fragrant one (now disappeared) was never true, nor were her accusations, but you were a different story - never rude, a sensible and balanced lady but totally appalled by the spectre of an Obama presidency - what I am really asking you is why you are so out of sync with the mass of intelligent Americans thatI have spoken to or heard. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
We know how many river users are appalled at the way pilotage is being run and who are genuinely frightened to use the Humber without an experienced navigator.
Toryn studied her for a long moment while he bit back a dozen comments that would likely cause her to swoon in appalled shock. The Gauntlet Thrown Chapter Thirty Six
As the appalling media response to the Momart fire has reminded us, what art needs most is defending from the philistine hordes.
It would end the appalling mistreatment of women in this region no more honor murders or clitoridectomies. The Volokh Conspiracy » Applying the Precautionary Principle Consistently
She gave an impassioned speech about how being Jewish, what Israeli is ostensibly doing in her name appalled and saddened her. Dennis Perrin: My Yearly Kos Diary
Or maybe it's the early onset of some appalling degenerative neurological disease. Times, Sunday Times
He points to the ceiling with its peeling paint and says the noise from neighbours is'appalling'. The Sun
They were appalled at the waste of recyclable material.
It is hard to read the history of this time period without feeling appalled: by how slaves were treated, by how Native Americans were treated, by how the common nonnoble English people were treated. Sabotaged
You could go out and get lashed and behave in an appalling manner without anyone really caring or taking your photograph. The Sun
In fact, it is a disgraceful idea, an appalling, short-term botch that would set a horrible precedent. Football.co.uk news feed
Most motorists now accept the pressing need to cut the appalling toll of accidents involving cyclists. Times, Sunday Times
Staggering home under the appalled stares of passers-by, a bloodied Mehmet walks a gauntlet of seething furnaces, grinding pistons and an incessant, infernal hammering.
Britain had hitherto shown appalling disregard for the men who died fighting for it. Times, Sunday Times
This appalling business practice is driving some architects to the wall. Times, Sunday Times
My cosmopolitanism, my ability to read ancient Tamil love poetry, my advanced degrees become irrelevant in the face of such appalling culpability.
They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art, that they qualify as crowned heads of anti-music, even as the impostor popes went down in history as ‘anti-popes’.
Not only are aitches dropped, appalling vocals now reign virtually supreme in the realm of pronunciation.
I am appalled that so few serious business leaders stand up to defend business and capitalism in a coherent way. Times, Sunday Times
His appalled realization that he was to some degree responsible for what had happened to his father was there in his face. HIGH STAND
In 1917, the Bolsheviks inherited a health situation from imperial Russia that was appalling.
Spencer was going to head for Tiruchchirappalli, in the Tamil Nadu province of southern India. THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES
In one appalling calamity, a hundred women died in a fire that engulfed a silk filature because the owner had locked them in from the outside. The Last Empress
As one who draws great pleasure from an occasional gasper, especially when enjoyed in convivial surroundings, I am appalled at this assault upon the liberties of smokers.
It was while working for the charity in east Africa that he suffered his appalling injuries.
At first sight it looked appalling, but I could see it had sound structure, fantastic quality of light and great potential.
The glorification of violence, bad language and sexism I find quite frankly appalling.
The violence of prairie weather was something appalling to settlers. MEASURING AMERICA
The German bombers still caused appalling damage. Times, Sunday Times
As we walked towards Torc Waterfall through a wooded area, the smell was just appalling.
The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.
Mary Kinglsey insisted on lending her her watch till recess, and Jenny Snow, a satirical young lady, who had basely twitted Amy upon her limeless state, promptly buried the hatchet and offered to furnish answers to certain appalling sums. Little Women
This appalling litter problem is mainly caused by the unpleasant habit of so many people now who eat their meals in the street, swill them down with a can of drink and then finish off with the inevitable cigarette.
It was his belief that the Council's senior officials were appalled that the four other potential routes were screened out because of a plant.
He told me a story about how when he turns up at some houses to install satellite television the owners are shocked and appalled to find out that as part of the process he will actually be drilling holes in the wall.
Every day the papers are filled with an appalling catalogue of deaths and injuries as the result of the latest piece of motoring madness.
It was an appalling chronicle of events, with far-reaching, negative outcomes.
Appalled, Sarah jumped onto her bicycle and cycled for half an hour until she reached her old house.
No doubt that Cannes nod (the first of several festival laurels picked up) stirred some controversy, because this is the kind of unflinchingly provocative movie that dares you to be entertained, or appalled, or both. Reviews
I told him about the cassowary, a flightless, man-size bird that lives in the rainforests and has a razor claw on each foot with which it can slice you open in a deft and appallingly expansive manner.
The French, caught unawares because they think the appalling Phil Coulter ditty is an intro to an ad for some sort of cross border version of a bawneen sweater, won't even start hissing, sneering or booing. Irish Blogs
As the rest of us deal with the appalling detritus of this administration, it is more then galling, although not unexpected, to see these fraudulent people land comfortably in cushy and undemanding jobs. Top Bush Aides to Linger on High-Profile Boards - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
With staff shortages and appalling weather conditions, the emergency services were at full stretch.
Karen is now an atheist, formerly a Catholic, who posts her internal dialogues with her ‘altar ego’ Sister Mary Karen, who is appalled by Karen's newfound heathenism and her sinful ways.
Xu was so appalled at the news that she decided to quit her habit of eating at roadside food stands.
Ohuruogu had what she called an "appalling" race over a lap of the Crystal Palace track on Saturday to finish last as Richards-Ross marked herself among favourites for the World Championships with an impressive victory. Evening Standard - Home
Pakistan's religious parties and tribal leaders joined secular politicians in condemning the attack, which has appalled the country. Times, Sunday Times
This has led to appalling legal complications about who is allowed to represent whom. Times, Sunday Times
Independent Complaints Directorate and the SA Human Rights Commission, saying the chairman of their youth wing was treated "appallingly" by police. ANC Daily News Briefing
That is not a joke, it is appalling and shocking. Times, Sunday Times
I continue to be appalled at the notion of enlisting the community to administer public shame as a criminal punishment. Hullabaloo
He learns that laborers there work in fields routinely sprayed with the highly toxic pesticide methyl bromide, which is blamed for appalling deformities in their children. NPR Topics: News
They were utterly appalling with their rotten or missing teeth, tangled, matted hair, and yellowing scurvy eyes.
Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners.
Like so many of your correspondents I too am appalled, aghast and ashamed.
This was the most appalling act of mindless evil in the epidemic of rioting last summer that still shames Britain. The Sun
The effect on their bearing and appearance is all too often appalling.
With his ghastly haircut and appalling dress sense, and his strange mannerisms, he is, nevertheless a giant of a man.
What it is is an appalling, barbarous regime. The Sun
But she does not draw out the implications of this appalling bait-and-switch story for her depiction of humanitarian intervention as a politically shaky but morally obligatory cause.
Something so appalling had already happened to her and then the person she turned to for help shoved her away. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
The appalling conditions that animal exhibits suffer have also roused the nation's growing animal rights movement. Times, Sunday Times
He could not have moved, had he attempted to do so, although somewhere deep down inside of him he felt that it was his duty to untwine those clinging arms and somehow to account for the appalling situation. The Last Woman
The notion seems to be that the mere look, the urbanity, the smirking of blue staters appalls the skittish people of the heartland.
They were appalled by the damage from the fire.
I have been appalled at the things that I have heard people prepared to say on radio talkback.
‘I am absolutely appalled at the mere suggestion this might have happened,’ she says in an outraged tone, vowing to adopt a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to back-stabbing.
However, the viewpoints were to quickly change when soon after, we heard of the appalling conditions under which these deportees were being ‘taken back to where they belong’.
It was the first time they had appeared in public since the appalling tragedy. The Sun
It was appalling to see those broken bodies, human beings treated worse than dogs.
The word incent represents an appalling abuse of the English language. Archive 2006-10-01
The songs are appallingly uneventful, despite the rock-steady delivery of the band.
This style of warfare appalled Europeans, who did not see savagery in their own military and civil punishments, the brandings and whippings and burnings at the stake over religious disputes. George Washington’s First War
He rightly said that passenger facilities were absolutely appalling, especially the absence of adequate public lavatories.
I came close to turning down this recital because of the most appalling reviewer's tickets I've ever had.
appalled by the totality of the destruction
Young pigs are kept in semi-darkness to minimise fighting and aggression caused through frustration due to their appalling conditions.
His manners were appalling before he got married, but his wife soon got him house-trained.
Call me a doom-monger if you will, but I reckon an air-attack on Iran will be the most appalling error in American history. An Army of Frothers
I was appalled to discover that my evening out was going to double in price.
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