Sentence examples for slight from the from inspiring English sources

What appeared to be a slight from the lieutenant governor could be a boon instead.

But then came a perceived slight from the United States, which Poland said failed to provide the military equipment it needed, including desperately needed tanks.

A constantly replenished well of grievance nourishes militants, keeping them fresh and ready to over-react to an offence or even a slight from the other side.

Mr Salmond's odds-shortening strategy has several elements, one of which is to sound the alarm over every slight from the government in London most recently, proposals that he thinks endanger Scottish banknotes (see article).But his main game is to prove that the SNP can run Scotland well, despite the obstacles.

I will not participate in a calculated slight from the speaker and the House leadership to attack necessary diplomacy.

You were so busy being angry at a perceived slight from the past that you lost the fleeting chance to make a precious connection?

But he never uttered a word that deviated in the slightest from the New Labour message.

Every ache, each anxiety attack, all the slights from the director, imagined or real, amaze and confound him.

The community, which is sensitive to perceived slights from the state, would react badly to any change.

"In the south, the insurrection is being run by poor individuals who have not profited in the slightest from the war two years ago.

But although Miéville is frustrated by "the endlessly arse-achingly expressed complaint from genre that no one takes us seriously", he admits that slights from the mainstream continue.