Sentence examples for on the affront from inspiring English sources
What was most extraordinary about this incident was that the focus of the outrage was not on the gesture but on the affront to Adele.
Part of the military's anger focused, the senior military official said, on the affront of not being informed by the civilian government about the stipulations that affected the army.
When a politician takes a poke at the modern media, as Liam Fox did in his personal resignation statement to MPs, there's always a danger that journalists immediately focus on the affront to their dignity and motives.
Less fortunate old Etonians, who are routinely resentfully fingered for their jammy domination of everything from acting to politics, can only marvel at a public and media so intent, where princes are concerned, on setting aside the affront to social mobility.
The affront comes on top of a call from nearly 60 NGOs from around the world to stop funding fossil fuel projects -- or risk losing funds from donor governments.
But as much as Saakashvili talks about Russian high-handedness, the affront is felt on both sides.
Either way, the affront was noticed.
Oh, the affront to democracy.
The affront was part of the appeal.
The affront, and the yearning, can get the blood boiling.
