Sentence examples for may be appalling from inspiring English sources

The regime may be appalling, but its only goal is survival.

But, while a competition of sexual conquests and talk of "scoring" and "slaying" among teen-age boys may be appalling, they reveal the boys' stratagems to get girls to have sex with them, not to have sex without their consent.

They may be occasionally appalling, but they're usually presented in such a way that some small part of each Bravo viewer — likely competitive and driven herself — can relate, at least a little.

Yet in a 2003 survey conducted by a pro-choice group, only 30percentt of women were unambivalently pro-choice, suggesting that there may be an appalling number of women who are willing to deny others the right that they once freely exercised themselves.

To those I cornered at parties, D.C.'s sentencing system may have been appalling, but it was still just a thought experiment, not a tangible reality.

But in Oregon, John Hummel, the Deschutes County district attorney, says that even if the manner in which Elizabeth Freise handled her sister's death may have been appalling, it wasn't illegal.

Although African-American characters are among its prime villains, they are played by white actors and actresses in obvious blackface--which may be the most appalling of the film's many appalling elements.

The isolated incidents that may be race-related, I think that's appalling.

"It is appalling that casual business dress may be losing its appeal," he writes.

Daw Mill's closure may be unavoidable, because of the appalling underground fire that still rages there.

As for what happens to people who lose their homes, however appalling those may be, "that is not my responsibility," he says.