Example Sentences

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I am sorry, young master, that these roisterers should have affronted you, as my wife tells me that they have.

From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick

I saw that I should only have affronted them if I had pressed them further to receive the money. 

From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida

The poet reproaches those who have affronted him.

From Eyes of Youth A Book of Verse by Padraic Colum, Shane Leslie, A.O. by Various

My very dear Friend,—I am afraid that you will infer from my silence that you have affronted me into ill temper by your parody upon my sonnet.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir

There were even moments when she fancied herself vaguely to blame for her immunity, and felt that she ought somehow to have affronted the perils and hardships which refused to come to her.

From The Reef by Wharton, Edith