Example Sentences

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Embarrassed President Huber had not even a chance to take up the charge that was outraging Britain last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

In vain Harry urged that he was outraging grammar.

From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)

Every one protested against this order; for the Doge, by thus yielding to his anger, was outraging both the Signoria and the populace--interfering with the privileges of the former, spoiling the Festa for the latter.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

In daring to make over a hundred pounds a week out of a ramshackle old lifeboat that Cregeen had sold to him for thirty-five pounds, Denry was outraging Cregeen's moral code.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Their clothes were hand-me-downs from Noah's time, and every one of them was outraging some convention or other.

From At Good Old Siwash by Fitch, George