Sentence examples for affront and from inspiring English sources

The affront, and the yearning, can get the blood boiling.

Imagine seeing Manet as an affront and an absurdity.

After the man walked away, Plummer whispered, "You're fired," in feigned affront, and laughed.

The Japanese government took this as a direct affront, and the Japanese public was outraged.

Arnold resented this affront, and only Washington's personal persuasion kept him from resigning.

They are an affront, and were taken as such: the printer refused to print them.

"We are hopeful that he gives up this affront and should not even think about it".

Indeed, the ongoing absence of appropriate official oversight is an affront and is no longer tolerable.

Gunduz's protest was both an affront and a question for the authorities: beat him?

More celebratory were the preservationists and neighborhood advocates who opposed the kiosk as an historic affront and an eyesore.

That reduces the unknowns, it reduces the potential for cultural affront, and it makes you more secure".