affronting
Example Sentences
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He was a peacock: intent on blinding small people with his brilliance, affronting an older generation he detested and belittling everyone but himself - especially Vivienne.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2022
He added that the imposing structure of his 1881 novel was laid on a “single small cornerstone, the conception of a certain young woman affronting her destiny.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2017
It’s a mildly affronting experience that — as with some other signifiers of the modern world, a child’s noisy video game included — seems to help push him into nature.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2015
In its assault on the emotions, The Hasty Heart succeeds by never affronting the intelligence, never letting its sentiment spill over.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Yes, Br�sig, that is all very well," said Frau N�ssler, "but we have already written to Gottlieb Baldrian, and now we cannot refuse to take Rudolph, without affronting the Kurzes."
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz
