He made a witty comeback to the insult.
"You can't insult a country into co-operation," says General Masood.
Our beetle considered this speech a great insult, so he flew suddenly out of the speaker's hand.
This sheer powerlessness about this central fact " about the nature of my existence " is an extra insult added to the injury."
The only problem is, they never intend to say it with such eloquence, but rather, they use the phrase like it's a blunt object, hammering their square insult through your round psyche.
That, apparently, is an insult.
With this insult, my patience was at an end.
No insult or anything, but I rather hope we don't meet again.
This is especially the case during upsurges in patriotic sentiment, say, surrounding the Olympics or following a perceived international insult.
A woman may cry at being insulted because an insult is usually emotionally charged but a man may not even be aware that he has been insulted.
Men broke down truck tyres in dirt-floor garages, their sledges ringing through the trees, and broke each other's bones, now and then, over a woman, or an insult, or an open jug.
So what are you trying to do, insult me?
You can feel hurt from an insult, but you can evaluate the attack afterward and prevent it from wounding you.
But there is a difficulty about offending people in that town who feel that use of this story is a deliberate exposure, taunt and insult.
She was enraged at his insult.
Rand, a devout atheist, might have seen that as an insult rather than an honor.
It's bait she'll dangle out there to see if you bite, usually in the form of a mild insult or a snarky attitude.
One starts to insult the other one.
It is also the most effective producer of rubbish and insult and falsehood we have yet invented.
As the division was taking place, a scuffle broke out between some of the deputies over an insult allegedly levelled at one of the lawmakers who unexpectedly changed her vote at the last minute.
Some substitute words can be just as offensive if your tone is abrasive or you insult someone.
Throwing shoes at somebody is a supreme insult in the Middle East.
By that standard, this result is an insult.
They began to jeer and insult him more than the other boys.
The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is appalling and an insult to their profession and the journalist who perform their jobs admirably.
That is the nature of the scientific method, and it can be ugly, as the hacked e-mails, many of which insult climate skeptics, demonstrate.
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