Sentence examples for affront I from inspiring English sources

But — and here comes the ultimate affront — I was unable to collect on the judgment because neither I nor the city marshal could locate the company's assets to enforce the court-ordered payment.

To make it work, you need to train yourself not to see every little rejection as a personal affront (I know, this isn't easy; it took me a while) and instead to think of each man who falls by the wayside as clearing the way for another, better opportunity.

Why Don't Dudes Like My Crotchless PAnties?

He's cool to watch through the rearview mirror of this purring and potent hot-guymobile I'm at the wheel of, this manifestation of my wished-for middle-age libido, though I feel it as a clear affront that I can't lose him.

One evening, luck of the draw delivered a waiter who all but snapped his fingers impatiently when the table did not order fast enough, and took it as a personal affront when I looked at the label on the wine bottle, as though I were accusing him of a double-cross.

Still, it's not as bad as the story told by a friend who wound up buying several lumps of the same stuff because she felt rude at having declined a sample: "The man offering them was so keen for me to try some … he seemed to take it as a personal affront when I didn't".

His return to his cell that day as I exited the visiting room was an affront to everything I have learned about justice in our country.

Lambert enquired after Boruwłaski's wife, Isalina Barbutan, whereupon the latter replied "No, she is dead, and I am not very sorry, for when I affront her, she put me on the mantle-shelf for punishment".

Nothing in this world that is more of an affront to what I hold dear.

Vegetarians are an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food.

The bills would almost certainly be challenged as an affront to Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution, which states that, "No bill of attainder or ex post facto law will be passed".