insulting

Example Sentences

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Some viewed him positively but others described him as volatile and insulting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

He stumbled into his fate by saying demeaning, insulting things that could have been phrased diplomatically.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"We are all in this room, we are telling you a story, you're listening - clap or don't clap, but don't just stick your phone in our face. I find it insulting."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The men traded a series of incendiary, insulting songs, but the one that endures is Lamar’s “Not Like Us”—spooky, walloping, chart-topping, Grammy-winning.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

He was insulting, rude, quick to start a quarrel with virtually everyone he came in contact with.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt