affront

Example Sentences

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Bovino flailed back at every affront instead of focusing on his mission, not realizing his recklessness was eroding public support for his cause and threatening it altogether.

From Los Angeles Times

The statement denounced the meeting between Degalo and Uganda's president and said it was "an unprecedented move that is an affront to humanity as a whole, before it is an affront to the Sudanese people".

From BBC

It was famously experienced by the audience as an affront.

From The Wall Street Journal

Former UK prime minister David Cameron joined the government in calling for Lai's release, saying the activist's imprisonment was "an affront to freedom of speech".

From BBC

Posting on his Truth Social account, he called the show "an affront to the Greatness of America."

From Barron's