insult

It’s a stinging insult: By the samurai code, Kanbei should be killed, not imprisoned — Murashige couldn’t have landed a more devastating slap than by letting him live.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

He looks vulnerable as India’s unemployed youths transform an insult into a political rallying cry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

To add insult to injury, Wales replacement prop Ben Warren was shown a yellow card for a high tackle on Marco van Staden.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Price delivers “Oval Room” with the same steely, straight-ahead tone that Foley had, offering a very faithful reading of the original — but that’s not meant as an insult or a diminishment of Price’s approach.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

But choking to death on a sandwich, that was an insult.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

But the insults hurled by both sides that day passed freely through the bars.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Brazil's government on Sunday also summoned Argentina's ambassador to discuss those "insults," the source told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Within minutes of the young man in Kasenyi sending out his note, a crowd had gathered around the four volunteers, heckling them and shouting insults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

How many pre-fight interviews now involved personal insults, aggressive posturing, the desire to settle a score—how many post-fight speeches involved aggressive call-outs, rather than thank-yous to their coaches or families or God.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

Between insults and fits of temper, I said I needed a year to heal myself; then perhaps I could return to their mad world to try to make sense of it.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Ding and other senior officials felt insulted, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Police say the brothers insulted a woman during an altercation over loud noise.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

It was claimed that Amen insulted the accused, who replied: "It's Ramadan we don't need to do this."

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Musk has offered to fund a private prosecution against the police over its handling of the murder, and insulted the Hampshire Police force.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Twig stepped back and shrugged, as if she hadn’t created a totally awkward moment and then been insulted a second later.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Otero Alcantara, designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 for insulting national symbols, contempt and disturbing the public order.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

The chasteness of Nolan’s version bugs me as it’s insulting he doesn’t trust audiences to grapple with this hero’s moral complexity — and I’m gut-sick that he’s probably right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

In a statement as chilling as it is insulting, Davis suggests that the protesters triggered a “Mother Hen” instinct that led the justice to rule against the administration on the birthright citizenship case.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

But Ham’s gambit is insulting on another level, because this is also a common sense issue.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

I looked at him and wrinkled my nose, deliberately insulting him.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn