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Meanings of truly appalling in English

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Usage of truly appalling in English
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The sight that there greeted me was truly appalling and beggared description.
Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century
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Mind you, its box-office takings in the US were truly appalling.
The Irish Times
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The smell of carnage was truly appalling-freshmeat and molten copper.
Soulless
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The poverty of the people of India, thus considered by itself, is truly appalling.
The Case for India
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What fell under her notice in connection with these luckless individuals was truly appalling.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 / Volume 18, New Series, S...
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Luckily, you'll miss out on Lauren Laverne's truly appalling interview.
The Irish Times
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The account Fid gave, however, of the quantity of water below, was truly appalling.
True Blue
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One woman who spoke a little endured-itwas truly appalling.
Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest
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The picture of Roman manners, as painted by his glowing pencil, is truly appalling.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
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The weather during November and December was truly appalling.
A Short History of the 6th Division: Aug. 1914-March 1919
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The situation had become truly appalling in Peking.
The Fight for the Republic in China
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The hazard of fate was truly appalling.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
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To any souls less daring than this band of pioneers, the situation would have been truly appalling.
The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
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The whole situation was truly appalling.
The Irish Times
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Suddenly, a truly appalling noise begins.
The Irish Times
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But the calm indifference with which this slip of a girl treated three such lovers was truly appalling.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891
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