Rachel Kushner

Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world.

American Writer

Jeremy Corbyn

If there is 'right to buy' for council tenants and housing association properties, then why shouldn't that apply to all tenants? Some landlords are decent, very caring people, but some of them are truly appalling.

British Politician

Roald Dahl

All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quite literally to wound other boys, and sometimes very severely.

British Novelist

John Singleton

Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of me. And I know that ain't the life.

American Director

Howard Jacobson

People often think that you have a sense of humor because you think that life is funny. Life isn't funny at all. It's appalling and tragic.

Tamara Ecclestone

I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.

American Celebrity

Jasmine Guinness

It's appalling how much money raised at some charity events gets wasted on paying personnel and admin staff.

Irish Designer

Peter Baynham

In life, comedy occurs naturally, as it should, in the most appalling of circumstances.

Welsh Comedian

Orison Swett Marden

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.

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It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Use 'appal' to express a strong emotional reaction, stronger than 'upset' or 'unhappy'.

Emotionally strong

'Appal' is often associated with negative or disturbing events or behaviors.

Negative events

Choose 'appal' if the situation is extreme enough to shock or horrify, rather than mildly disturb.

Intensity matters

'Appal' involves worry or fear that is extreme. Lesser concerns don't warrant this word.

Strong worry

Use 'appal' for situations when you're shocked or worried by imagining something.

Imaginative anxiety

'Appal' describes a reaction that is deep and profound, affecting someone's sense of well-being.

Reaction depth

 read the transcripts of the conversation I was appalled but the ability to freely converse in racist terminology suggests a level of tolerance for that kind of discussion that that is unacceptable by any standard of decency well first of all this is a department that this council has supported over and over

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 that there was no separating it from our character and personality. I want to say that the treatments we have for depression are appalling. They're not very effective. They're extremely costly. They come with innumerable side effects. They're a disaster.

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 even though it is appalling. But even though I know it's difficult to sit with those feelings in a room full of strangers, if we can find our way through all of the messy feelings, I believe we will find our way to the light of compassion for that child,

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 because in some settings, pulling a trigger is an appalling act; in others, it's heroically self-sacrificial. In some settings, putting your hand one someone else's is deeply compassionate. In others, it's a deep betrayal. The challenge is to understand

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 of these two complete sentences because they are distributed evenly on both arms. So, when the comma asks if it can help, the subordinate is appalled at the idea of needing assistance. No thanks, maybe next time! So, the comma continues on.

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 obnoxious and appalling that had never been done in a window I did it and they got a lot of notoriety for it I also I also yes toilets from the wrecking yard for no reason I also I won't say that again yes celebrity caricatures that was

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 One of the most important stories that I did was the dancing boys of Afghanistan. It is a tragic story about an appalling tradition. It involves young kids dancing for warlords and powerful men in the society.

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 their mothers have all died they've either been killed or died of natural causes so they've some of them had the most appalling start in life but they're safe here most orphans have lost their mums to

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 It has to be said, the shipyard was not the most pleasant place to live next door to, or indeed work in. The shipyard was noisy, dangerous, highly toxic, with an appalling health and safety record.

Appal

To shock and upset someone very much.

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To make someone very worried, shock.

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Emotionally strong

Negative events

Intensity matters

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