slighting

Example Sentences

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Having just recently arrived in town from Tulane University, newcomer Dannen may not have known he was slighting a cherished, 123-year-old regional sports tradition, but UW President Ana Mari Cauce understood.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Black vultures have a massive 5 foot wing span, slighting smaller than the turkey vulture.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2022

Santee Cooper apologized in company statements, saying slighting lawmakers wasn’t their intention.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2020

In New Jersey, Lieberman said, that misery only intensified the usual, everyday slighting from New Yorkers, Philadelphians and others — what Lieberman pinpoints as New Jersey’s constant state of embattlement.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2020

By slighting death, by acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien