affronted
Example Sentences
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Affronted, Tam sued, and took it all the way to the Supreme Court.
From The Verge • Jul. 25, 2017
Affronted, perhaps, the bird abruptly ceases its lunatic call.
From The New Yorker • May 11, 2015
Affronted legislators wondered what kind of homework was required of the inductees.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2012
Affronted, Doi snapped back, "I've decided right here, at this very moment, that I will run for this election."
From Time Magazine Archive
Affronted at my supposed contempt, the soldier with great vociferation swore I was either dumb or deaf if not both, and that I looked as if I could not say Bo to a goose.
From The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
