The phrase "affront occurs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where an insult or offense takes place.
Example: "In the meeting, an affront occurs when one colleague dismisses another's ideas without consideration."
Alternatives: "an insult happens" or "an offense takes place".
The purported affront occurred in the fifth inning Tuesday, when Ortiz pounded a fastball from Hector Noesi into the right-field stands.
This is an affront to democracy whenever it occurs, during war or peace.
There is no such thing as the status quo when it comes to our relationships, so regarding every change that occurs as an affront is simply not sustainable.
While mistaking October's LGBT History Month for "Gay Pride Month" (which occurs in June), Hines said the school's acceptance of tax dollars and celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is "an affront to the entire state".
Even if the State Department has proclaimed the impropriety of the expropriation, the stamp of approval of its view by a judicial tribunal, however, impartial, might increase any affront and the judicial decision might occur at a time, almost always well after the taking, when such an impact would be contrary to our national interest.
The Turkish government has long maintained that an Armenian genocide did not occur, and considers suggestions to the contrary to be an affront to Turkish identity.
"It did not then occur to us," Wood wrote many years later, "that our Association's decision was an unthinkable affront to British officialdom, and to fans who had purchased tickets for the final match".
In a statement, Mr. Paterson, who leaves office next week, said, "My decision today may be an affront to some and a joy to others, but my objective is only to seek to ameliorate the profound suffering that occurred as a result of this tragic event".
In the minds of the outraged, an exhaustive and heinous equation has occurred — namely, the equation of "horror junkies and gore gourmands" with "readers for whom having to look up 'cathected' or 'brisant' isn't just an irritating chore but a moral affront".
