insult

Example Sentences

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Higher ticket prices only add insult to injury.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Hugh Farren, owner of Farren’s Bar, a roughly 200-year-old establishment at the northernmost point of Ireland, sees it more as a practical move than an insult.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Adding insult to injury, the Electronic Privacy Information Center just this week issued an analysis that concluded that the DOJ’s security controls for handling sensitive voter data are “woefully inadequate.”

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

In fact to describe it as "ugly" is an insult to ugly.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Klaus ignored the insult and opened the book to where one of the scraps of paper was marking his place.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket