affront

Example Sentences

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The statement denounced the meeting between Degalo and Uganda's president and said it was "an unprecedented move that is an affront to humanity as a whole, before it is an affront to the Sudanese people".

From BBC

It was famously experienced by the audience as an affront.

From The Wall Street Journal

Former UK prime minister David Cameron joined the government in calling for Lai's release, saying the activist's imprisonment was "an affront to freedom of speech".

From BBC

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

From Barron's

He added that it was "an affront to the Greatness of America".

From BBC