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“You could tell he wanted to say something to whoever he felt had slighted him, but he never did,” Mr. Holtzclaw said.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2016

Then came Sherman’s rant, boasting and deriding intended receiver Michael Crabtree, whom Sherman felt had slighted him at a charity softball game last summer.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2014

His friends declared that the authorities had slighted him be cause of his well-known Royalist sympathies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Feeling that the commission, which he appointed himself, had slighted the Administration's efforts to help Negroes, Johnson all but ignored the study.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither was he pleased, as has been seen, by the proceedings of Elinor, who had slighted all his advice yet clung to himself in a way some women have.

From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)