Sentence examples for an affront on from inspiring English sources

Unlike guilt, which is about what one did, shame is an affront on the self, or what one is.

Some have long maintained that this practice is in general an affront on the dignity of the human person.

Santorum proclaimed: "If you believe this is a tyrannical act of oligarchical judges, an affront on first-amendment rights and destructive of the basic building blocks of society and you say it's time to move on, why are you running for president?" He made clear he would not move on, and said: "This decision will not stand".

Denying the Holocaust is ridiculous and deplorable, but forming a group to talk about it isn't an affront on anyone's safety.

In fact, Bogotá allows a 'Southern' perspective (Yiftachel 2006) on a typically Western institutional discourse on mobility, according to which interventions on transport systems are required to enhance personal opportunities because "obstructions to mobility networks are seen as an affront on liberty and freedom of citizens" (Doughty and Murray 2016, p. 308).

Limiting the rights of LGBTQ folks is an affront on the rights of people of color, families, women, immigrant communities and more.

"The fact that Mozambique has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, affecting almost one in every two girls, is an affront to human rights on a massive scale.

A recent policy brief on child marriage in Mozambique states, "The fact that Mozambique has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, affecting almost one in every two girls, is an affront to human rights on a massive scale".

Although he and others considered the performance an affront to and an attack on police, others praised it for sending an empowering message to a long-aggrieved group.

The bill is an affront to the open justice on which this country rightly prides itself and, above all, it is an affront to human dignity.

part of the City of Culture designation as an affront to Irish sovereignty, leaders on both sides of the divide have welcomed the event as a chance to boost the local economy.