Sentence examples for passing insult from inspiring English sources

The stylistic revolution that was to produce Wright's best poetry was touched off by a passing insult in a 1958 review, by James Dickey, of the anthology "New Poets of England and America," where Wright took his place alongside many of the young writers who were to dominate American poetry for the next several decades — including Richard Wilbur, Adrienne Rich, and Anthony Hecht.

** The stylistic revolution that was to produce Wright's best poetry was touched off by a passing insult in a 1958 review, by James Dickey, of the anthology "New Poets of England and America," where Wright took his place alongside many of the young writers who were to dominate American poetry for the next several decades — including Richard Wilbur, Adrienne Rich, and Anthony Hecht.

EMMOTT: My guess is that it is a passing insult, personal chiefly to Donald Rumsfeld, and part of an effort by him to divide Europe.

In story after story — more than 1,000 have been reported so far — the journalists reveal laws that were never passed, insults that were never uttered and riots that never happened on quiet town squares.

Plus: Massimo Cellino, sacking and unsacking Brian McDermott inside 24 hours – his fastest switch since telling Cagliari fans to lay off Massimo Ficcadenti. 2 Nov 2011: "There are those who dare pass insults, but for every so-called fan who whistles, 100 show support.

Here and elsewhere on "Floribama Shore," a passing passionate insult is received as slander against all of one's ancestors.

"Nerd Pride" is in fact a celebration of the fondness with which we imbue what anywhere else would pass for insults.

Possibly this is where we reach the heart of [his] problem: maybe it's precisely because he did not go to university that he never quite learned the rigour of intellectual argument, and he thinks that he can pass off insults as wit".

I'm happy to report that there were no blaring horns from passing cars, no insults from roadside hecklers, and I was not actively recruited for a role in an upcoming performance of The Nutcracker.

It doesn't give him a pass to insult Japanese people with a mocking accent or freely use "I am Japanese" statements.

The Nor'easter that just passed through added insult to injury.