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Examples of appal
appal
The idea of a fashion-branded bar may appal, but Hong Kong is unashamedly commercial.
From the nzherald.co.nz
But the idea will appal anyone interested in improving social mobility.
From the independent.co.uk
It will both relieve and appal you, even if you get sick of writing it all down halfway through.
From the guardian.co.uk
Very pretty, very svelte and very anxious not to appal or upset gentle palates with rough textures or butch flavours.
From the independent.co.uk
To survive, the currency may come to acquire a level of fiscal-policy co-ordination that will appal the British.
From the economist.com
The story he tells, though it has some difficulty emerging from his tangled exposition, is meant to shock and appal.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mr O'Leary evidently relishes his role as the Demon King of air travel, thinking up fresh ways to appal the public in the name of cost-cutting.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It's like having a relationship with another human being because it can be very frustrating, it can irritate you, it can disgust you, it can appal you.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
He was supposed to have outgrown all that and it can only appal the England manager, Fabio Capello, particularly as the reduction in numbers heartened the hosts.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Shock: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
- Dismay: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
- Alternative spelling of appall
