Example Sentences

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"You have to use soft language. They can be rude and they will insult you but you have to remain calm," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024

“It’s live, so anything can happen. The stars are there. I will insult them, if that’s what you like,” Gervais said in the video ahead of Sunday’s show.

From Reuters • Jan. 3, 2020

The bar also employs longtime Dauphin Island bartender “Mama Sue,” who, at 73, will insult customers who pay her a little extra to do so.

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2017

About to embark on an opening monologue that will insult, annoy, upset and embarrass.

From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2013

Perhaps he will insult me to get rid of me altogether,—I had better not.”

From The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea by Tilney, F.C.