Sentence examples for insults upon from inspiring English sources

To the uninitiated, it probably seems embarrassingly infantile to base insults upon supposed suitability for a fictional house in a fictional school, but the rest will surely understand why Sara called Tom a Muggle and stormed off.

But Mr. Grillo, who rode to victory on a wave of anger against what supporters see as a corrupt government, has instead heaped insults upon his rivals, and talked of razing the current system and replacing it with a more participatory democracy.

6 The continued burden of vascular insults upon the brain with multiple strokes increases risk for future dementia.

Talk about piling insult upon injury.

I was on the verge of tears; it seemed that insult upon insult had been launched at our guest.

Their issues were forgettable, at least to them, tomorrow's amnesia blame and counter-blame, outrage shouted upon outrage, insult upon insult but Allistair couldn't forget them.

Their issues were forgettable, at least to them, tomorrow's amnesia — blame and counter-blame, outrage shouted upon outrage, insult upon insult — but Allistair couldn't forget them.

And then Tuesday night at Shea Stadium the Braves heaped insult upon the Mets' inability to beat them by clinching their ninth consecutive division championship.

Then, heaping insult upon insult, the club president, John McHale Jr., when asked about the Tigers' failure to follow the directive, said, "There isn't a legal obligation to adhere to any directives from the commissioner's office".

It was clear several months ago that the economic downturn would make this a difficult Christmas, but temperatures in the Northeast and Rocky Mountain states that have been more like the South Seas than the North Pole have layered insult upon injury for retailers.

The Catholic Church continued to heap insult upon injury when it revealed its long-awaited new rules on clergy sex abuse, rules that the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said signaled a commitment to grasp the nettle with "rigor and transparency".