Sentence examples for appalling mess from inspiring English sources

He has done valuable work in tackling the appalling mess that is British defence procurement.

We all know by now that traditional academic publishing is in an appalling mess.

Quite frankly, the people in charge of our maths education are responsible for the appalling mess it is in.

Peter Downes, a former headteacher and Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrat councillor, describes the Lincolnshire situation as an "appalling mess".

The room is a riot of water, drawings, broken stems and petals, as if a gang of children have been let loose and made an appalling mess.

David Cameron used his first major speech at the Commons dispatch box today to attack the former Labour government for leaving the country in "an appalling mess".

John's failure as a king had a lot to do with the appalling financial mess he inherited, because of the cost of the crusade and of getting Richard out of prison.

It could all have been an appalling global mess - but, for the most part, it worked remarkably well.

The Cabinet Office said Britain was "in an appalling financial mess" and charities and social enterprises "cannot be immune from the necessary reductions in spending".

("This appalling, calypso, drumming mess truly makes my ears bleed at every listen").

It is an appalling and comical mess, which Mueller sees largely in terms of honest, hard-working farmers versus slippery businessmen.