Sentence examples for appalling number from inspiring English sources

It's an appalling number, but it may actually underestimate the problem.

Our aim is to reduce the appalling number of people who die or are injured on London's roads each year.

In fact, one in five wills drawn up in this country is believed to be deficient in some way, a truly appalling number.

If appellant's contention is sound, the government thereby took and became liable to pay for an appalling number of existing contracts for future service or delivery, the performance of which its action made impossible.

In Egypt, conservative Islamists blame not men, but women themselves, for the appalling number of sexual attacks and gang rapes at Tahrir Square in Cairo, as The New York Times reported.

Online forum users have pointed their dyspeptic fury at both the appalling number of people who openly cheat using PC-based hacks, and the endless search for better weapons and equipment, which they've deemed too slow.

"We were very intentionally conservative and still ended up with appalling numbers," Clancy said.

But when American troops leave Bangladesh, the people will continue to die in appalling numbers.

The clash of worlds gave rise to fantastic hybrids, lasting myths, and appalling numbers of deaths from disease and violence.

The north sees no prospect of early repayment, and appalling numbers of citizens in the south are condemned to idleness.

The likes of Sky and TalkTalk, running their broadband services over BT's wires, complain of bad service and appalling numbers of missed appointments for customers.