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Sentences for "insult"
The salary they offered me for the job was so low that it was insulting, so I refused itHe
insulted her, telling her she was fat, and made her cry.
The salary they offered me for the job was so low that it was
insulting, so I refused it.
People of different cultures sometimes get
insults thrown at them by racists.
I felt
insulted when they suggested I had cheated on the test.
Even if you disagree with someone, it doesn't give you the right to
insult them.
The teacher made an
insulting remark to the student after he failed his test.
His remarks to the secretary were
insultingly sexist and embarrassing.
The crowd booed and yelled
insults at the players of the losing team.
The newspapers said that the treatment of their President by the Prime Minister was an
insult to their nation.
Lord Chesterfield once noted that an injury is much sooner forgotten than an
insult.
Moliere wrote that a wise man is superior to any
insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Sigmund Freud once suggested that the first human who hurled an
insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
Russell Lynes once said that the only gracious way to accept an
insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.
A Japanese proverb notes, Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't
insult them.
A Haitian proverb notes, Don't
insult the alligator until you've crossed the river.
A Saudi Arabian proverb tells us that
insults must be written in sand, and compliments carved in stone.
A Chinese proverb notes that anger is always more harmful than the
insult that caused it.
A Chinese proverb holds that the wise man forgets
insults as the ungrateful forget benefits.
A Jewish proverb states that he who puts up with
insult invites injury.
I read somewhere that in ancient Cambodia, it was illegal to
insult a rice plant.
Tipping in restaurants is not done in Iceland, and is considered
insulting.
It is
insulting to touch people on the head in Thailand.
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