affront

Example Sentences

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Bovino flailed back at every affront instead of focusing on his mission, not realizing his recklessness was eroding public support for his cause and threatening it altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

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 • Feb. 22, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

The same could not be said of the others, who were stiff with affront.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor