Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Insulted by Cosby’s criticisms, Murphy got his revenge by doing a devastating impression of Cosby in “Eddie Murphy Raw.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

Insulted, an Alabama official filed a libel suit against the newspaper.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Insulted, Rouhani declined the invitation to meet privately.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 2, 2019

As his grandmother, Modalala, came into the room, we started looking at books on the next shelf, including Dostoevsky’s Humiliated and Insulted.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2018

Insulted and outraged we have been brought here; insulted and outraged we should depart from here.

From In Those Days The Story of an Old Man by Steinberg, Jehudah