Sentence examples for insulting use from inspiring English sources

They complained that when the police stopped them on the streets for an identity check, they did so with the insulting use of "tu": "qu'est-ce que tu fais là toi?" In new-media start-ups or ad agencies, on the other hand, using vous, even to a superior, is about as acceptable as wearing a neck-tie.

A row is threatening to break out between two of Britain's most celebrated artists after David Hockney criticised Damien Hirst for the "insulting" use of assistants to create his works.

It's insulting to use the words "mere sentimentality" in relation to this kind of concern for our fellow human beings.

One Russian billionaire, after lambasting the "emerging" label as insulting, suggests using "high-growth economy" instead.

They brought along racially insulting material used as nasty pranks by fellow officers -- some from as recently as a few months ago.

A derisive and insulting gesture used by the lowest member of our populace: perhaps the large fist, that certainly would not be able to pass through a natural oesphagus, serves to express the idea that the person to whom the gesture is directed is such a simpleton that he would swallow any gross absurdity...

The variety of norms governing killing, insulting, harming, using, defrauding, and interfering and allowing in sexual and parental behavior represent the different strategies societies have adopted to manage these conflicts.

Europeans who visited his court left accounts of the 'Gabars' or 'Gabrs', (an insulting term used for Zoroastrians by the Muslims), agree on the poverty and simplicity of their lives.

It can be outright insulting if you use it angrily or you use it for an authority figure like a parent, teacher, or boss.

The other charges Ince faces are for using abusive and/or insulting words and using threatening words and/or behaviour towards an official.

The Real Cougar Woman Handbook" (Advantage Media Group), said she had decided to take what she thought was an insulting term and use it to empower women.