Sentence examples for slight of his from inspiring English sources
Mr. Posen was upset about what he perceived to be a slight of his work in the magazine, and he surprised the editor — and those around her — with a confrontation.
Over the years, there have been many outrageous feuds: with the BBC, to which Ferguson has refused to speak since 2004, over a perceived slight of his son in a documentary; with match officials (on a weekly basis); and with rival managers, particularly Arsène Wenger of the London club Arsenal, who is yin to Ferguson's yang — deeply cultured, professorial and similarly insane to win.
Still, Holdren's slight of his letters in which he cited alleged manipulation and mishandling of decisions ranging from the health effects of greenhouse gases to fuel standards for cars gave him a platform from which to criticize what he called the Administration's "arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence" toward science.
This slight of his contributions left him obscure and embittered, while his onetime rival, the credit-stealing Francis Galton, had not only made it into the history books but also had been knighted for his service to science.
In return, Mr Bush has allowed himself some slights of his own.
Most of the tale concerns Jack's growing up in the shadow of the gifted and universally admired Charlie, suffering the unintended slights of his parents and trying to reconcile his anger with his own unrestrained love for his brother.
"Of course we all knew that [Grant] was chafing under the slights of his anomalous position," Sherman recounted in his memoirs, "and I determined to see him on my way back".
In the late 1950's, Mr. Williams undertook psychoanalysis, explaining, '&apos If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with violent material.'' His first postanalysis work was the 1960 '&apos Period of Adjustment,'' a comedy that by common critical agreement was one of the slightest of his works.
His time in Gainesville was disturbed by the first, and slightest, of his strokes.
President Obama prides himself on brushing off the slights of his political rivals.
Sep. 13, 2016, 5 13 p.m. President Obama prides himself on brushing off the slights of his political rivals.
