affront
Example Sentences
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Full-blown impostor syndrome can be crippling, and we miss opportunities to grow if we see every criticism as an affront.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Madrid rejected the demand, calling it an affront.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
What Cannon claimed as a personal affront, though, was merely Smith following the law.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
Posting on his Truth Social account, he called the show "an affront to the Greatness of America."
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
In this heat every extra gesture was an affront to the common store of life.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vocabulary lists containing affront
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Four
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