insulting

Example Sentences

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"Insulting honour does more harm than taking money," she adds.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

Insulting, ghosting or backstabbing our way out of expired friendships is gratuitous and cruel.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

Insulting each other, being disrespectful to each other, robbing each other of their dignity.

From Salon • May 8, 2022

Insulting someone for the sake of manipulation is among the worst social behavior, and so many people do it casually.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2021

Insulting new recruits, we would learn, was something that drill instructors were required to do.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac