Seaton frowned as he read his meters and saw at what an appalling rate their store of metal was decreasing.

The Mack-10 was a compact automatic weapon that could spew out bullets at an appalling rate.

Blown like a leaf in a windstorm he almost fell, caught himself, then slid backward at an appalling rate.

In any case his supposed removal has reminded journalists that America is losing hateable figures at an appalling rate.

Not quite halting; he could see that he was making progress, but at an appalling rate.

We were swept along at a most appalling rate, carried far beyond land.

It also sucked heat at an unknown but appalling rate.

Joe Watson was down low, burning gas at an appalling rate.

Opponents have fouled him at the appalling rate of almost 10 times a game, or once every nine minutes.

"Teleportation uses up energy at an appalling rate," agreed the robot.