Sentence examples for after the affront from inspiring English sources

At the same time, the barons' extralegal action had alienated many of their former associates; the Earl of Pembroke in particular became strongly tied to the King's cause after the affront to his honour.

For Hereford there was also a personal element in the opposition to the king, after the humiliation and the affront to his liberties he had suffered over the dispute in the Marches.

He said that the Times had been after him, but that Duke was recovering from the affront by "looking at movie scripts".

The affront of it!

Either way, the affront was noticed.

Oh, the affront to democracy.

The affront was part of the appeal.

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

He survived the affront with his policies largely intact.

Clearly, it's the affront that menswear needs.

Mr Annan, angry at the affront to the UN's authority, also condemned Iraq.