insulting
Example Sentences
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Delivery can wander toward $60 before tip with insulting ease.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
In India, emphasizing someone’s status as a widow in a negative way is considered insulting since widows have traditionally been ostracized and seen as carrying bad luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The chain was accused of trivialising the nation's landmark protest movement and insulting the dead, remembered as martyrs by many South Koreans.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jenkinson is accused of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour and had been due to stand trial on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Harvard professor was known for his vast knowledge of international affairs—and his habit of insulting whoever was not in the room.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
