Sentence examples for appalling period from inspiring English sources

What the American and Irish churches have endured in the last decade and what German Catholics find themselves enduring today is all part of the same grim story: the exposure, years after the fact, of an appalling period in which the Catholic hierarchy responded to an explosion of priestly sex abuse with cover-ups, evasions and criminal negligence.

"HMRC's recent performance in this area has been appalling for long periods and left members of the public counting the cost in time and money," she continued.

It was a period of appalling human behavior".

A few of their supporters were appalling for a brief period and the Czech Republic capitalised on the distraction to claim a point they scarcely deserved.

It was a special trick, and until you learned it (usually from another Ford owner, but sometimes by a period of appalling experimentation) you might as well have been winding up an awning.

The report advises Zambia to increase the use of bail rather than relying on pretrial detention, which would ease overcrowding and help ensure the innocent are not held for long periods in appalling conditions.

But there are also some pretty appalling theories about long-term periods of cocaine use effectively shutting down your engines permanently.

To paraphrase Martin Luther King, the great tragedy of this period in Afghanistan is the appalling silence of those who do not speak out for what is right.

"Over the Christmas period it reached standards that were bordering on appalling.

Yet World War I's legacy is not simply a record of appalling slaughter (nine million deaths, it has been calculated, over a period of 52 months).

"Over the Christmas period, it reached standards that were bordering on appalling".