insulting

Example Sentences

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The men traded a series of incendiary, insulting songs, but the one that endures is Lamar’s “Not Like Us”—spooky, walloping, chart-topping, Grammy-winning.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

It is further insulting to gestational carriers, genetic donors, and intended parents to suggest that the mutual creation of a child is somehow akin to the bondage of chattel slavery.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

“Ask yourself this, how do you hope to get the help of the pope if you’re insulting him?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

He said it was "grossly insulting to the Bloody Sunday families and to the people of Derry".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“No need to be insulting, Richard—we’re all in the same boat here. We should all try to make the best of it.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman