affront

Example Sentences

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What Cannon claimed as a personal affront, though, was merely Smith following the law.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

Lumsden later described that comment as an "affront" to Rollinson's family.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

In that 2011 note, he called Tesla “America’s Fourth Automaker,” an affront to the Big Three in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called it a "real affront" to the victims' families.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

The girl leans into my ear to shout above the atonal arrhythmic affront to decency that is Ashland Avenue.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan