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The phrase "add in insult to" is not correct; the correct expression is "add insult to injury." You can use it when describing a situation where someone makes a bad situation worse by adding an insult or offense.
Example: "After losing the game, the coach's harsh comments really added insult to injury."
Alternatives: "make matters worse" or "add fuel to the fire."
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Or to add, in insult to injury, that construction on the new homes could begin as soon as early May.
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To add further insult to injury, in early 2007, Facebook opened up its platform and ushered in a flood of new applications.
To add further insult to a spectacular career in which Rodgers amassed 8,245 rushing yards, the sixth-highest total in state history, he was not among the eight finalists for the Touchdown Club of Houston's offensive player of the year award.
To add insult to in vitro injury, he called a surrogate nothing more than a "rented uterus".
It is now important to determine whether uncritical pursuit of CVP targets such as those advocated by the surviving sepsis campaign might, in some patients, add insult to sepsis-induced organ injury.
To add insult to injury, in 2000 Foxley was awarded £6,000 in compensation after the European Court ruled his human rights had been violated when investigators continued to open his mail beyond the permitted three-month period.
To add insult to injury, the change in the law would also add another $53 billion to the deficit Republicans are always screeching about.
"To add insult to injury, in this year's budget, they allocated less money for Icac than they did last year," he said.
To add insult to injury, in the current climate no business traveler wants to put the name of a high-end resort on an expense report.
Transforming political injustices or the sordid crime of rape into hard cash should, in any civilised society, add insult to injury.
To add insult to injury, in December the State Department gave Cisco — which supplied parts for China's so-called Great Firewall — an award in recognition of its "good corporate citizenship".
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