Sentence examples for has become appalling from inspiring English sources

Our tolerance for disgrace, and our obliviousness to honor has become appalling.

That means, in particular, making China see that a tinderbox it has long regarded as a strategic asset has become an appalling liability.

"What to the Americans was shock and awe designed to force them into capitulation has become shocking and appalling to much of the world that's looking at it," said John W. Dower, a historian of World War II.

These activities are still crimes, but the authorities now turn a blind eye.On Mr Khatami's watch, Iran's human-rights record has become a bit less appalling.

In a world filled with shocking images, the video of police lobbing flash grenade at the wounded Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen in front of Oakland's City Hall plaza was so appalling that it has become a tipping point for the Occupy movements around the country.

In fact, it is not only legal to treat animals in this appalling way, but it has become a norm in the industry.

It sometimes appears that contemporary memoir has become a game of misery poker, authors competing for the most appalling hand of woes.

The expedition has become part of Canadian folklore, in part because of the crew's appalling fate.

It has become the epicenter of Russian crime and corruption, and it has suffered an appalling collapse in the maintenance of its architectural and artistic heritage.

Now, when the disaster of that misguided crusade has become evident, White House officials seek to deflect justified criticism with Mr. Rove's appalling remarks not far from ground zero.

MURDER has become so common in parts of Mexico that gangsters craving attention must go to ever more appalling lengths.