Sentence examples for insulting at from inspiring English sources

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It was the best thing that happened to me, but it was very insulting at the time".

M.S.G. has become an unbearable experience; the organist playing "Defense" when they are down 25 in the fourth quarter is hilarious and insulting at the same time.

In fact, it's insulting at times, especially in its attempts to generate laughs by putting vulgarities in the mouths of the elderly (primarily Burgess Meredith, also now gone).

The greatest risk for an architect who wants to build there is, well, architecture: a structure that seems too designed would have looked silly, at best, and insulting at worst.

Marc Holzapfel Glen Ridge, N.J., Nov. 23, 2010 • To the Editor: A letter writer complains that mandatory pat-downs or full-body screenings of grandmothers, 50-year-old businesspeople and mothers with children are "absurd, wasteful and insulting" ("At the Airport, Security vs. Privacy," Nov. 20).

Comparing the situation we face as residents of a walking community with no grocery store to those of upper Westchester who cannot find the organic produce they desire in one building is insulting at best and trivializes the problem we face as a community.

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The phrase implies that the asker of the question didn't understand the answer the first time, and so the responder must--patronizingly--repeat it; an implication that is at worst insulting, or at best, as the New York Times, labeled it, professorial.

Also, prepare to obey the very people who are shouting at you and insulting you at the drop of a hat, because any laziness or back-sass on your part will be met with harsh consequences.

Who holds a pep rally insulting Congress at the very moment you are trying to work out a deal with them?

Anelka was removed after insulting Domenech at halftime of a 2-0 loss to Mexico on Thursday; he was sent home Saturday.

Why should religious communities have to dignify such attacks from a secular majority that is intent on insulting them at every turn?

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