6 sentences with “insult”

A mocking comment can hurt more than a direct insult.

With a mocking gesture, he responded to the insult received.

Any dishonour had to be met with equivalent dishonour, most often meeting insult with violence.

Any perceived insult had to be met with retaliation, which meant that there was a lot of bloodshed among the powerful families;

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.

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.