be affronted
Example Sentences
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What kind of person claims to love movies, only to be affronted when one they haven’t seen or heard of is brought to their attention?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
I’m sure that if you asked these judges if they were certain they were making equally good decisions each time, they’d be affronted.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2014
It strikes me as interesting that regular court-watchers tend to be affronted by suggestions that it’s time for Ginsburg to go, just as political scientists are astonished that it isn’t.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2014
This House will be affronted if any suggestion is made that it should change its venue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, if I don’t charge something, I suppose you will be affronted.
From Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat
