Sentences with 'insult'
Example sentences and phrases with the word insult and other words derived from it.
• « Any dishonour had to be met with equivalent dishonour, most often meeting insult with violence. »
• « Also, one of the legacies of feudal law was the importance placed on honour and retribution; any insult or slight could initiate reprisals or even plunge an entire kingdom into civil war. »
• « Any perceived insult had to be met with retaliation, which meant that there was a lot of bloodshed among the powerful families; »
• « The Whigs used the insult to their advantage by portraying Harrison as a man of the people who had been born in a log cabin (in fact, he came from a privileged Virginia background), and the contest became known as the log cabin campaign. »