Sentence examples for not so appalling from inspiring English sources

Savinova, who beat South Africa's Caster Semenya into second place at London 2012, appears to be caught on a mobile-phone camera talking about how she uses the banned steroid oxandrolone, while Shobukhova herself tells the documentary-makers a story that would be funny if it was not so appalling.

Norte Energia's supposed commitment to 'sustainable production activities' and 'social inclusion' would be ridiculous, were it not so appalling.

It would be funny if it wasn't so appalling and terrifying and so very, very sad.

If the sociopolitical context weren't so appalling, this ludicrous characterization and Ms. Connelly's equally woeful performance would be easy to laugh off.

If it weren't so appalling, it would be fascinating to compare the behavior of Republican and Democratic congressional legislators when confronted by an Administration of the opposite party.

In the same way that endearing gay television characters can persuade homophobes that being gay isn't so appalling after all, I'd argue that just by leading her life – tending to her vegetable garden, walking her dog, wearing cool outfits – Michelle Obama shows that being a bright, stable, family-oriented black woman is a very normal thing.

As I researched this post, I learned of several other practices that are so absurd as to be laughable if they weren't so appalling.

The day was clear with a gentle wind, and the small leaves descended singly except when the breeze entered and caused a momentary shower--what one weather prophet on the radio calls "inner mitten" showers... Our complaint about the crisis is not that it is so appalling but that it is so trivial.

What made his killing so appalling was not merely that Vassell was unarmed, protesters said, but that he was known to be dealing with mental illness both by neighbors and cops.

"It's not the fixing that has been so appalling for commuters but the communication," she said.

When I met her for coffee, I went prepared with a mental tape recorder to catch her appalling lapses in taste — not so much for myself as to pass on to everyone else.