How to use "appalling" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "appalling" in popular movie and book plots

  • During the priest's sermon at the grave, Helen thinks: "Eternal life is an appalling idea, especially in mother’s case".  - Passing On
  • A maturing PK (Simon Fenton) begins to express sympathy towards black prisoners, who are detained under appalling conditions.  - The Power of One (film)
  • Could these cases just be appalling coincidences.  - The 5th Horseman
  • Rol returns to his home to find it threatened by a mob who felt that Ardisan had summoned the appalling weather with his magic.  - The Sea Beggars
  • The Washington family goes to appalling lengths in order to keep their diamond a secret.  - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
  • Bryant is a jaded university lecturer, who describes his occupational ability as "appalling but good enough for his appalling students".  - Educating Rita (film)
  • There she is incarcerated for months in appalling conditions, naked and shackled in a cold cell.  - Judith (novel)
  • She also learns more about the coal-mine and the appalling conditions here.  - Is (novel)
  • The more appalling is a crime, the more dreadful is his punishment.  - The Sword Bearer
  • In the end, after Bester skirts around an appalling view of rape and its victims, love triumphs over all—sort of".  - Tender Loving Rage
  • Nevertheless, the conditions at the camp are appalling and deteriorate sharply as the civil war begins.  - Osadeni Dushi
  • Feeling hugely guilty, Hayley agrees to help Stan by singing appalling pro-gun songs at NGALand.  - Stannie Get Your Gun
  • This is appalling to the civilized races of the Weave, but they cannot deny the efficacy of human combat troops.  - The Damned Trilogy
  • They meet King Hrothgar, who needs a hero to slay Grendel, a hideously malformed troll-like creature with appalling strength and cunning.  - Beowulf (2007 film)
  • The vision is so appalling that the tyrant hesitates, and Jaller's team escape for Voya Nui.  - Bionicle Legends
  • Meanwhile, during the project various prototypes were tried and tested, but with appalling results.  - La Brassiere

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