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

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

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Liz Kendall, secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, said non-consensual intimate deepfakes created by Grok were illegal and an "affront to decent society".

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

“Family Nest,” “The Outsider” and “The Prefab People” focused on couples and individuals trapped by commonplace struggles and social constraints, a thematic affront to late-communist Hungary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Now that they were shaheed, packing up and running was an even worse affront, a betrayal, a disavowal of the sacrifice her sons had made.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini