Sentence examples for as a further affront from inspiring English sources

But compromise with the old narratives was more overt in Serbia's Srebrenica resolution: by taking pains to avoid the word genocide, the resolution was widely interpreted in Bosnia as a further affront to the victims and a meaningless gesture.

It would be a further affront to the American people and the basic canons of law.

In a further affront to the Islamists, the Egyptian news media have marginalized their message in the two days since Mr. Morsi was deposed.

To adherents of a certain storyline, the performance was as much an affront as the result, a refutation of faith.

White House advisor David Axelrod went on TV talk shows to describe Israel's move as "an affront, an insult".

And since Colombia's current mood is one of utter weariness with endemic rebel violence and a rejection of any further appeasement, Ms Betancourt faces, at best, a long captivity.In France, her kidnap is seen as a national affront.

Rejection is taken as a personal affront.

He views personal freedoms as a personal affront.

Comey took the pardon as a personal affront.

They saw the protests as a personal affront, a demand for a handout.

But it probably would not regard the deal as a major affront, they said.