English example sentences with "affront"

Those who threatened the religious order were severely punished. The reason for this is, of course, obvious. The religious authorities gave the monarch divine right, and an affront to the religious establishment was a threat to the monarch's power.
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“If a lady,” he said, “asked him any question upon the subject, he would neither answer her nor speak to her again while he lived; if a gentleman, he would consider it as a mortal affront, and demand satisfaction as having received such.”
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Yanni took that as a personal affront.
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Placing a restriction on the number of example sentences that non-native speakers can offer in English is an affront to their intelligence and the significant efforts they make to contribute to this collaborative project.
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Setting a cap on the number of example sentences a non-native speaker can contribute in English is a disrespectful affront to their intelligence.
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Intentionally burning the Quran is an affront to the basic principles of freedom of religion and expression.
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The coup d'etat in Brazil is an affront to democracy.
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Corruption at the government level is an affront to democracy.
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