be insulted
Example Sentences
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As James Madison explained in Federalist No. 43, without Congress’s exclusive authority to protect itself, its “authority might be insulted and its proceedings interrupted with impunity.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023
"I don't think she'd be insulted, but she reminded me of my mother," a visibly delighted Biden told reporters later.
From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2022
“I don’t think she’d be insulted, but she reminded me of my mother in terms of the look of her and just the generosity,” he said at the time.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022
And I could just feel them be insulted that I had such a good seat.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021
At seven I was too young to be insulted.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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