Example Sentences
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Insults hit her with a knife-like hiss of air; fresh schemes get her charging around to Hildur Guðnadóttir’s tumultuous, percussive score.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
So when he suddenly published a self-help book entitled Witty Putdowns and Clever Insults, there was some surprise.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2023
Insults like “nerd” and “worm” are used, and there’s one gigantic farting session.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020
Insults would soon come from opponents and opposing fans.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2019
Insults were hurled: The philosophers called the greenwitches superstitious old wives, and the greenwitches retorted that not one of them was married.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
