Sentence examples for a general insult from inspiring English sources

I thought her defence might be that she was using the word much as American comedian Louis CK employs it, as a general insult for a weak person or ineffectual behaviour.

Some accounts claim it was over who was better able to speak Latin and Greek; others suggest that general insults were exchanged between the two men.

Moreover, it will be important to address whether the respective identified gene product is specifically associated with uterine bacterial infection or if its upregulation is a general consequence of bacterial insult.

They argue that it should not be seen as a "secularising move" or as a general licence to attack or insult religious beliefs and believers.

Therefore, we hypothesized that increase in serum FABP4 reflects LV diastolic dysfunction as an early stage of cardiac insults in a general population.

It's unclear whether Bush's tweet was meant as a response to a specific insult or as a general statement.

That's not an insult or anything, just a general rule everyone should adhere to.

Perhaps, in a general election, voters will recoil from his insults, from his seemingly extemporaneous policy pronouncements, from his all-around Trumpiness.

There is the fat-soaked dough, the wretched insult of the cheese sputum, and a general air of desperation and regret.

Therefore, this altered dynamics of Ub hybrid proteins is thought to be a general phenomenon, not specific for cell types and apoptogenic insults.

However, HN is not effective against some insults such as etoposide, suggesting that HN is not a general anti-apoptotic agent.