Example sentences for: insult

How can you use “insult” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • ("Putz" is a Yiddish insult that literally means "penis" but in common usage means "fool."

  • Any nation determined to explode a nuclear bomb in Uncle Sam's front yard would have to be insane to deliver the insult by missile--it might as well affix a return address to the weapon before firing.

  • The two authors of the New Yorker article, Jane Mayer and Alexandra Robbins, buttress their insult to the governor's privacy with a backhanded compliment.

  • Can we be sure no insult, no irony was intended?

  • We're reasonably sure that Slate Explorer won't cause your computer to explode, or to charge large sums to your Visa card, or to take up smoking, or to insult a police officer.


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