affronting

Example Sentences

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He was a peacock: intent on blinding small people with his brilliance, affronting an older generation he detested and belittling everyone but himself - especially Vivienne.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2022

He added that the imposing structure of his 1881 novel was laid on a “single small cornerstone, the conception of a certain young woman affronting her destiny.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2017

It’s a mildly affronting experience that — as with some other signifiers of the modern world, a child’s noisy video game included — seems to help push him into nature.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2015

But France could not supply the arms without affronting the government of Chad President N'Garta Tombalbaye and losing influence throughout Africa.

From Time Magazine Archive

The moment Mr. Bragg declared he was not offended, Theodore began to fear that he was; and, whatever might be his private opinion of the millionaire, he had no intention of affronting him.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor