affront

Example Sentences

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Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement that allowing the plane to land was an affront to South Africa’s relationship with the United States.

From New York Times

At the same time, plenty of others switched off - either because they simply weren't interested in the spectacle, or because they considered it an affront to democracy.

From BBC

Ms. Zephyr called the decorum vote “a disturbing and terrifying affront to democracy itself.”

From Washington Times

“The simple fact of pronouncing this name, Toussaint Louverture, is therefore a reparation for the affront made to a great Frenchman,” he said.

From New York Times

The remark provoked outrage from Republicans who said the language was belittling and an affront to civil discourse.

From Seattle Times