insult

Example Sentences

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The young folk were always insulting him behind his back, the village chief complained.

From Barron's

Otherwise brothers and sister good-naturedly trade insults when Shiv’s phone buzzes – it’s Tom.

From Salon

Maybe it doesn't matter that he insults allies whose soldiers fought and died alongside Americans in other Middle Eastern wars, or that sometimes he tells lies.

From BBC

She and Celia think it’s some kind of insult to bagel makers that anyone would have the nerve to toast a fresh one.

From Literature

Someone in the room, she recalled, said, “That was one of the most insulting things I have ever heard.”

From Salon