slighting

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2022

“They do not want to be seen as slighting China,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2022

I know that this sort of inclusive approach to pregnancy is popular, but frankly, I don't know how to phrase questions for the person who is actually carrying the child without slighting the co-parent.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

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

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2020

I quit selecting certain of my New York brothers and giving them money to go and lay groundwork for new mosques in other cities—because slighting remarks were being made about “Malcolm’s ministers.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey