Sentence examples for slight pride from inspiring English sources

There are certain groups that I might be loth to criticise by name, but within the Tory party fringe [there are] organisations that take a slight pride in refusing to bow to what they see as politically correct pressure against all-male boards.

"I feel even a slight pride of parentage in that we developed some of the techniques they used".

He softened the slight to Israeli pride by blaming the Palestinians for having triggered this particular twist in the spiral of violence.

But as the South's economy grew in recent decades, it also began to seem like a slight to national pride, and efforts to reclaim command responsibility began.

I saw my own second novel for sale in a supermarket in Mombasa, and instead of the slight thrill of pride I usually get, my instinctive response was: "In paper!

Many South Koreans considered the handling of the case to be a slight to their national pride.

Prosnitz suffered a slight blow to his pride a few years ago when he moved from Brooklyn to the Riverdale section of the Bronx.

She didn't know any of the other guests, and it came as a slight blow to the pride that none of the guests seemed to know her, either.

It was, in the span of just a few hours, a dizzying display of the political mastery that Mr. Putin has over his country and his own image — a tough, can-do warrior; caring father of his people; and guarantor that no slight to Russia's pride will go unanswered.

Hofstra had the best draw of the local teams, but in its second consecutive trip to the tournament, the Pride felt slighted by the No. 13 seeding it received.

But that did not prevent a storm, or at least a slight breeze, of reaction, from pride to wariness; from concern to indifference to outright befuddlement.