affronted
Example Sentences
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Affronted, Tam sued, and took it all the way to the Supreme Court.
From The Verge • Jul. 25, 2017
Affronted, perhaps, the bird abruptly ceases its lunatic call.
From The New Yorker • May 11, 2015
Affronted legislators wondered what kind of homework was required of the inductees.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2012
Affronted to find that Natalia has stepped unscarred from the ruins of their childhood, Eugene exacts subtle penance from his sister.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At this we made a stand, for their bold troopes Affronted us with steele, dar'd us to come on And nobly fierd our resolution.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)