Chirac reportedly said in private that Sarkozy's speech was "appalling" and "a shameful act". Her lateness was appalling, and she had a callous attitude and an indifference. Stoning people to death for homosexuality or adultery is appalling and immoral. Dahl regarded the film as "utterly appalling". He does feel bad about the appalling waste of lives in Soviet communism. Holocaust Education Trust Ireland condemned Tiernan's statements as "appalling". The people behind this appalling blackmail and smear campaign must be brought to justice. Trench warfare is associated with mass slaughter in appalling conditions. The conditions in these illegal establishments are sometimes appalling. Some of the stories they told were appalling. Sheffield wrote that the losses were "appalling", with casualties, and "perhaps" casualties. Her faith sustains her through the most appalling ordeals. As appalling as this sounds, they were the lucky ones. Travel conditions in the earlier days were sometimes appalling. He was held in what were said to be appalling conditions.