A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. From LearnThat.org. [William Cowper (1731-1800); English poet]
The latest affront is American getting rid of stand-by flying. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
To him the affront is given, and he is the party wronged. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
The affront is said to have taken place in the "Iron Blood Bulletin Board Community.". From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Perhaps the biggest affront is to the music and lyrics of Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ‘Katrina Kids’ Sing to Laura Bush: ‘Congress, Bush and FEMA…Have Come to Rebuild Us’] Reference
The affront is the point here, these sorts of bills are almost exclusively written by people who want the RKBA destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill] Reference
Why should I then try to pick a quarrel for an affront, which is but. From Wordnik.com. [Sganarelle, or, the Self-Deceived Husband] Reference
Another affront is the choice of having Baucus chair the meetings about this issue. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA] Reference
And Bill Kristol agrees that this is an "affront" to them. From Wordnik.com. [Dems say Steele is "rooting for failure." Really, Dems?] Reference
If it is such an "affront" to you, please feel "free" to leave. From Wordnik.com. [Ron Paul Drops An Anti-Illegal Immigrant Mailing In South Carolina] Reference
And they hated us, in part because our existence was seen as some kind of affront to theirs. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: February 2005 Archives] Reference
Released in 1949, the film was a kind of affront by Huston to the political witch-hunt going on in Hollywood. From Wordnik.com. [We Were Strangers (1949)] Reference
Casey considered it an "affront," according to Woodward. From Wordnik.com. [National Review Online] Reference
To the PDP and the Hurriyat, the settlement is an "affront". From Wordnik.com. [Kashmir Observer ::] Reference
My want of polish would 'affront' you, as we say in Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton] Reference
State Department last week described the move as an "affront". From Wordnik.com. [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference
He will never forgive the affront which is his honor and your shame. From Wordnik.com. [The Honor of the Name] Reference
The Conservatives said the pay-offs were an "affront" and that councils had to provide. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
An environmental coalition complained that the school was an "affront" to its namesakes. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Obama calls suicide bombing outside a World Food Program distribution point an "affront" to. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
I'm not really sure this is an 'affront' to the Muslims who died on 9/11 since they're dead. From Wordnik.com. [Talking Points Memo] Reference
Byrd reacted as though it were a personal affront. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince Of Pork] Reference
To declare that they cannot be allowed advanced technology is a direct affront. From Wordnik.com. [Iran Follies] Reference
It is impossible to imagine a greater affront to every value of free expression. From Wordnik.com. ['God Is Not Great'] Reference
"It was an obvious and deliberate affront," as one foreign ministry source puts it. From Wordnik.com. [Too Sane To Ignore] Reference
It is an affront to people who think of French culture as the Louvre, Rousseau and Rodin. From Wordnik.com. [Toasting The 'Hood] Reference
Embarrassing questions: But Beijing has not yet paid a price for the affront to the West. From Wordnik.com. [Dissent In The Dock] Reference
Career prosecutors at Justice see the independent-counsel law as an affront to their professionalism. From Wordnik.com. [Dodging A Bullet] Reference
"" What Kendall says may be technically true, '' the Sept. 14 editorial says, "" but it is an affront to common sense. ''. From Wordnik.com. [If It Quacks Like A Sale . . .] Reference
Even when they encounter the cabdriver who "just didn't see them," they somehow rationalize their way out of the affront. From Wordnik.com. [Lost Behind Prison Bars] Reference
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