appalled

Examples of appal

appal
Plantations and mines were generally in remote regions, and the living conditions were often appalling.
They extricate themselves from appalling conditions and bravely confront their villainous oppressors, while through coincidental circumstances they are elevated to a higher social position.
But such a proposal is unsettling, if not appalling.
In others, he/she simply lacks the linguistic sensitivity to realise that such-and-such an idiom sounds appalling when translated literally.
It is precisely because they are moral beings that we are appalled by what they can do.
Although constrained ideologically and often written in appalling personal circumstances, plenty of these have stood the test of the last forty years.
Towers is appalled at the very notion of being rejected in favor of someone whom he deems as less than a man.
He had no faith in the ability of mankind to deal with such a situation and was appalled at the prospect of misuse.
The working classes who were not poor enough for the workhouse were housed in appalling conditions provided almost entirely by private landlords.
He could see tumors and hemorrhages, strokes, and he was appalled by the fact that the radiologists didn't respond that well.
In fact, they would be appalled at any suggestion of the cathartic or therapeutic purpose of rituals.
And who is not appalled at the thought of somebody selling her own kidney to the highest bidder?
But he is realistic enough to know that the enterprise is fraught with appalling difficulty.
His treatment of supra-national state institutions is appalling.
Most were appalled and revolted by such a prospect.
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