Example Sentences

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He has slighted the military in other ways too.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2018

But Navy men in general have no love for MacArthur; many of them believe he has slighted their service.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since that occasion, Mr. Staunton has slighted the Divan, but Mr. Lowe still flourishes there, ever ready to meet all comers, and if not nightly playing somebody, at all events nightly making everybody laugh.

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes

But to still further impress a lesson on the lover who has slighted her, she draws closer the mantle, and makes as if moving away.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne

The only girl in the whole of England that I love has slighted me.

From The Rebel of the School by Meade, L. T.