affronting

Example Sentences

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He was a peacock: intent on blinding small people with his brilliance, affronting an older generation he detested and belittling everyone but himself - especially Vivienne.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2022

He added that the imposing structure of his 1881 novel was laid on a “single small cornerstone, the conception of a certain young woman affronting her destiny.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2017

It’s a mildly affronting experience that — as with some other signifiers of the modern world, a child’s noisy video game included — seems to help push him into nature.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2015

But they all--particularly Britain, which has agreed to take 10 to 15 dissidents--want to limit media attention to avoid affronting China.

From Time Magazine Archive

But they went further than this in affronting the King.

From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by McCarthy, Justin