affront

Example Sentences

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What Cannon claimed as a personal affront, though, was merely Smith following the law.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

In that 2011 note, he called Tesla “America’s Fourth Automaker,” an affront to the Big Three in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called it a "real affront" to the victims' families.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Some of us had other theories, but only Miranda seemed to take Naomi’s happiness as a personal affront.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez