add insult to injury

Example Sentences

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Higher ticket prices only add insult to injury.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Whatever happens in the Super Bowl, either Maye or Darnold is guaranteed to hoist the Lombardi Trophy—and add insult to injury for Gang Green.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

"The delays in bringing perpetrators to court really does add insult to injury," said Andrew Goodacre, chief executive of the British Independent Retailers Association.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

To add insult to injury, the cost of the special election to ratify the scheme is estimated to be about $60 million in Los Angeles County alone, with statewide costs likely exceeding $200 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

To add insult to injury, the Pythagoreans soon discovered that the golden ratio, the ultimate Pythagorean symbol of beauly and rationality, was an irrational number.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife