affront
Example Sentences
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Event organisers claim Enhanced will push the limits of human performance while critics, especially in the Olympic movement, dismiss it as an affront to the spirit and founding principles of competitive sport.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
His happiness is an affront to their own chronic displeasure.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Full-blown impostor syndrome can be crippling, and we miss opportunities to grow if we see every criticism as an affront.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
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
He took it as a personal affront and quarrelled with everyone in the line of hotel command from the bellhop to the manager.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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