Still, he could not ignore the appalling fact that the intriguing creature standing before him was a lady, innocent as the day she was born.

Not to mention the appalling fact that he himself was responsible for protecting that innocence.

Unwilling though he was to believe it, he was forced finally to recognize an appalling fact.

He stared and the most appalling fact of all penetrated his sleep-fogged brain.

He could have ordered Calhoun killed, but there was a certain appalling fact.

The promises no longer have any substance for them, but that appalling fact has not penetrated their minds.

"It is our mission in the Council to change this appalling fact."

Their operatives had reported substantially the same appalling facts.

That is an appalling fact for us to take on board.

President Arafat's beatification by the international institutions does not alter the appalling fact that we are still waiting to hear a renunciation of terrorism.