Sentence examples for be affront from inspiring English sources

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be affront

verb

To insult intentionally, especially openly.

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To deny this mother in the circumstances of this case the right to speak out – and, I emphasise, to speak out, if this is her wish, using her own name and displaying her own image – would be affront not merely to the law but also, surely, to any remotely acceptable concept of human dignity and, indeed, humanity itself".

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It would be an affront to them; it's an affront to us".

This should be an affront to Turks and Armenians alike.

"That would be an affront to American craft brewers.

The list would be an affront.

"As members of the Chico community, we believe an affront like this is an affront to us all.

It was an affront to time.

Companycommand was an affront to protocol.

To resist is an affront.

That is "an affront" to America.

It's an affront to democracy.

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