Sentence examples for an appalling sum from inspiring English sources

Seizing her moment, she confided in her deluded fall-guy that the queen really wanted this giant, weird diamond necklace, but she didn't want word getting out that she had spent such an appalling sum on jewelry.

An enthralling study of an appalling practice.

In Barbados, which had a total population of 126,000, cholera exacted an appalling toll.

This is an appalling figure.

That's an appalling finding.

"Richard died an appalling death.

To Parfit, this is an appalling nihilism.

It was, nevertheless, an appalling incident".

That's an appalling thing to say.

"It is an appalling crime.

Rape is an appalling crime.