affront

Example Sentences

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Bovino flailed back at every affront instead of focusing on his mission, not realizing his recklessness was eroding public support for his cause and threatening it altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

What Cannon claimed as a personal affront, though, was merely Smith following the law.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

Posting on his Truth Social account, he called the show "an affront to the Greatness of America."

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

In that 2011 note, he called Tesla “America’s Fourth Automaker,” an affront to the Big Three in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Suzanne’s choices sometimes seemed like an affront to my way of doing things, a vote in favor of easing up and striving less.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama