Sentence examples for subtly insult from inspiring English sources

As I left I heard Lord Mandelson on the radio saying that the manifesto was not Blairite, it was "Blair-plus", which managed to subtly insult both men.

They just pair up in different configurations to chew the fat about things and subtly insult each other while wearing stiff clothes and looking uncomfortable in rooms that are a bit too formal.

I allowed people to subtly insult me and smiled through the hurt.

A common pick-up artist tactic is to try and "subtly insult" girls to make them more vulnerable.

Don't you think that you did something to deserve it?" They will seem sincere and caring at first, but then they bring it up and use it to subtly insult you until you agree with them.

Once Mr. Moses subtly insulted President Roosevelt with a reference to an obscure remark of Dr. Johnson's about how patrons frequently tried to steal credit from the real creators of works.

But that didn't stop Beck from digging up the controversy again in January of this year, when he used it as background for his claim that Chinese pianist Lang Lang's state dinner performance subtly insulted America.

According to Neil Strauss, author of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists, the best way for a man to seduce a woman is to insult her subtly when you first meet her.

And Margaret Tyzack, as the largely bedbound, silent aunt, subtly offers 57 varieties of differing reaction to her nephew's torrential insults.

This book subtly teaches our young children that they can call a black child Sambo and not insult him.

Without skipping a beat, the charming and adorable Andrew Garfield subtly shifts the blame to her: "It's amazing how you take it as an insult, " he says with a smile, leaning toward her to make his point.