- present participle of slight.
slighting
Example Sentences
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Keller and Knight were rewarded with proximity to Storrie and the best punchlines, but neither Quinn nor Jack Hughes had to indicate in any way that they had joined America’s president in slighting them.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
But he wasn’t slighting Griffin’s dynamic rookie season.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022
“They do not want to be seen as slighting China,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
Santee Cooper apologized in company statements, saying slighting lawmakers wasn’t their intention.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
By slighting death, by acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
