Sentence examples for something insulting from inspiring English sources

They were at a meeting with other people when he said something insulting to her, and she insulted him back.

Evans told jurors he first became aware of Mr McCaig when he called out "something insulting".

Once, when Gaultier said something insulting about Arabs living in the neighborhood, his mother reprimanded him.

"Do I go home and think, 'Ooh someone said something insulting about me in the paper'?

He had stabbed and killed another man who had said something insulting about his mother.

However, the match finished with players squabbling in the center circle, apparently because of something insulting said by a Frenchman.

What would be considered something reasonably insulting in self-defence and what would be considered provocation?

Sure enough, there is indeed something mildly insulting about Champagne Life, not least its grisly title (its curators insist this mention of bubbles is ironic, but I'm not so sure: the exhibition's major sponsor is Pommery).

Either way, pointing out that there is something slightly insulting in all this need not be done in the name of The Return Of Serious Filmmaking, or an end to frivolity.

For the lucky people who are unfamiliar, the concept of "negging" comes from the decades-old craft of pickup artistry, and involves the pickup artist saying something mildly insulting to a target, in order to pique their attention and make them feel like they have something to prove e.g. "You have a pretty face, but you'd be even prettier if you'd lose the bangs".

"I cannot let you say something so insulting".