| 单词 | insult |
| 例句 | But she was insulted, and a trifle hurt. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But choking to death on a sandwich, that was an insult. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I will not pay even one leone. She can walk...and she isn’t my daughter,” he answered gruffly, clearly insulted by the man’s assumption that he had fathered such an ugly child. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Some days, I’d have to dodge insults being thrown at me walking down the hallway. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The woman sitting next to her joins in the barrage of insults until she sees me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A curse, an insult, a word totally without light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z That was because of Loma’s flat busts, so though it was meant as a compliment, she was insulted. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The accusation was hurled like an insult, and that’s exactly what it felt like. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Normally, the two of us could go back and forth insulting each other for hours. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “The onlookers were invited to sit right next to you and if you asked them to leave or be quiet they were highly insulted,” Bobby recalled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Having said these words, the insulted Anne turned around and pretended the learned doctor wasn’t there. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The insult of a child—a fourteen year old—hung between them, made their tongues heavy so that speech became a labor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, turned her nose in the air and pretended like he wasn’t even there. He was quite insulted, but I was enchanted.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z "I came out to parley, not to suffer your insults. Say what you have to say, old man. What would you have of me?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Most of the girls around me nodded their heads in agreement, as if they weren’t insulting the next five years of their own education but somebody else’s. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z At seven I was too young to be insulted. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a casual way of ignoring affronts, slipping past insults to her whiteness like a seasoned boxer slips punches. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Fred Gray, one of those arrested, later recalled that it had been an honor to have been arrested, and that those not indicted felt a little insulted. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Free to take a woman’s insults, for his body had already conquered hers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z As a final insult, the group voted to change its name from the Women’s State Temperance Society to the People’s League. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Piece of friendly advice: Never insult your girlfriend’s dancing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Do you know how insulting it is to pretend to be some nobody thief from a small city in Fenharrow?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Signora Divino is molto insulted that Zola has spoken to her in this rude way. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The whole car smelled from her pad, but I didn’t open the window because she might be insulted. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I shrug.“It’s not an insult. Just my observation.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Suitcase, I suspect, was too thick to know that he had been insulted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They hurled insults at the soldier as well, but he seemed not to pay attention. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He took Deianira on his back and in midstream insulted her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will stand by the Colonel, Madam,” he said, immediately noticing that Ins voice sounded insulting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not an insult—or at least I don’t think the locals mean it to be. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Hitler’s new target was Stalingrad, a large industrial city on the Volga—and the one that bore Stalin’s name, an insult to Stalin himself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mulch decided to take that as a statement of fact rather than an insult. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was as if all the scorn and insults I had ever endured were pouring forth from him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The races were segregated by a dense, carefully woven web of laws, signs, partitions, arrows, ordinances, unequal opportunities, rules, insults, threats, and customs—often backed up by violence. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z "You were going to let her read that...that insult to her teachers?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The way Hassan would remember it, the doctor made impossible demands, treated him like a cart donkey, and insulted his wife. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I picture my mother standing behind me with a comb and a pair of scissors, faintly smiling as she trims my hair, and I want to scream rather than insult her like this. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The question was pointed, meant as an insult or at least a challenge, but it also came from an earnest place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Malachy, fresh from the speakeasy himself, felt insulted and wanted to argue with the priest, one sacrilege on top of another. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When I was a cop: always came whenever he was either defending cops or insulting teenagers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This had been the reason for the encounter, the insults. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gangs of men and boys, egged on by the Sons of Liberty, shouted insults at soldiers. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z What a— I run through a short list of insults in my mind before listening to her continue. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Tanya, my navigator, grabbed the megaphone and shouted insults at them in German. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z According to my mother, who would probably want some sort of live-and-let-live slogan carved on her headstone, the key was never to let a bully’s insults or aggression get to you personally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Usually he can see insults as big as a speck when they’re hiding under a rock in the next county over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin viewed the warning as a personal insult. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Why are we quiet? Why aren’t you insulting me? Not that I want you to.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z They insulted each other in print and each poured scorn on the other’s results. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He reasoned that there was little to be gained by adding insult to injury. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In class she had insulted and challenged and vilified him at every turn, egging the Reilly monster to join in the attack. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Just to be evil, I rubbed it in with an insult “I don’t know why your lip is hanging,” I said. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never heard him laugh in my life and here he was shrieking like a gull over garbage about something that was just plain insulting. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The casus belli was usually the desire to avenge an insult or gain status, not the wish for conquest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I have never been so insulted in my life.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was warning me so 1 could get out before someone insulted me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t answer, as a yes would have been insulting, a no contradictory. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The insults bounced off their carapace of thick stupidity; they stared at him with a blank expression of dull and sullen resentment in their eyes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The Third Trial is days away, and all I've gotten from her are glares and muttered insults. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This in itself is a change from the days when “college boy” was an insult in many working-class neighborhoods. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Hold your tongue! I have swallowed your insults to me for the sake of our quest, but you will not speak ill of another.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “I did okay,” I said modestly, to avoid another insult. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z His lip twitches, and he’s getting pinker by the insult. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “My grandfather used to say, I remember, that anything but first-run syrup was an insult to his appetite. I think people have forgotten how good these things can be.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Of course a boy like Ji-yong would rather fight than take an insult like that. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The hand tossed the great pearl back in the tray, the forefinger poked and insulted it, and on the dealer’s face there came a sad and contemptuous smile. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The sounds of footsteps, ugly words, insulting shouts, and whispered commands formed an echoing clamor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An insult Laila had heard on the street rose to her lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I don’t know what to do with that—compliment and insult all at once. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bobby insisted that Larsen wasn’t joking and that the insults “hurt.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The insult levels me faster than a blow from the Commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z First, because it’s insulting, especially to Holly and the brittle sense of professionalism that keeps her going through sickness and injury. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to him that Longstreet not being a Virginian, he might have given another insult. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have insulted me in every possible method. I must beg to return to the house.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z This law — known as the Ghetto Act — was a grave insult to the Indian community and anticipated the Group Areas Act, which would eventually circumscribe the freedom of all South Africans of color. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded to him like an insult couched in good English, which, of course, made it a double-insult—the insult itself, and the fact that Chacko thought he wouldn’t understand it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, it was all right to make comments at girls—particularly if they were insults—but real conversations were out, at least in public places. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z All the insults and humiliation the vlei people had endured from normal folk bubbled up like hot acid. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z After I had been quizzing them for years about names of hundreds of trees and birds, how could I insult them by assuming they didn’t have names for different mushrooms? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Not him—what, a senator’s son swallow such an insult? Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Neighbors would call to one another through their windows, exchanging news or insults or both. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Its warm lucence promised a poultice against illness and a wall against insult. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the same thing. But when someone says a woman is jamona it means she’s too old to get married. It’s an insult.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There are people to whom you could not say insulting things. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The ritual of building his mother’s breasts and insulting them simply had no meaning. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Equipped with pistols and rifles, they strutted around the hall pushing people around, making insulting remarks. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though she had directly insulted me by speaking so slightingly of herself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "I didn't say I was bet—" "You're insulting him, Zig," said X-Ray. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z There was no one who could insult him in jest or speak lightly with him about unimportant matters, though on the other hand he was on courteous terms with almost everyone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Nurse Ramirez shoots the doctor a dirty look, as if he had just insulted me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was cool and dry, but the nice weather just seemed like an insult after losing Bianca. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I started yelling at the top of my lungs, and I insulted him and told him not to waste his prayers on me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I get off my bike and either refuse to make further use of their company or act as if I’m insulted and tell them in no uncertain terms to go on home without me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “A tinker’s debt is always paid: Once for any simple trade. Twice for freely given aid. Thrice for any insult made.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He sounded a lot calmer than I would have if I’d been insulted like that. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This made matters easier for the reverend, who could pray the way he wanted without worry of insulting men who owned the rebel cannons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only you would think that was an insult,” Lauren replied, but she didn’t sound too upset. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A driver showered insults upon a woman named Epsie Worthy when she refused to pay an extra fare at a transfer point. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z They set off together, with the servant girl carrying the child and the man driving them on, muttering to himself about the great insult that had been done him by this act of disobedience. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I left my body standing in front of her, suffering spitballs and whispered insults. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Their kind would have regarded the comparison as a mortal insult, but they were able to conceal themselves at least as well as rats. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Among other things, he’s harboring bad feelings, insulted that Theo wants him and Annie to move into the flat beneath them. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z To add insult to injury, the claiming trainer was white. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that my own white friends who called me Chief didn’t mean to insult me and I didn’t want to hurt their feelings by correcting them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Most insults Percy could shrug off—being called weak or stupid or whatever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Americans took the British insult—and turned it into a battle song. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z There they were trampled on and insulted until there were no more Spanish curse words left; then someone motioned to one of the tanks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Did you hear that, Merry? That was an insult, if you like,’ said Frodo as he shut the door on her. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Well. Most of the Americans I’ve seen act like animals. They’re forever punching one another about, and insulting everyone, and—You know what one of them did?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It seemed that a crowd of young toughs from the south of the county had broken uninvited into the dance, waving whiskey bottles and shouting drunken insults at the guests. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you realize that everything that comes out of your mouth sounds like an insult?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z At home, being compared to an Erudite would be an insult, but she says it like a compliment. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She said it with a hint of sarcasm, but it stung like an insult anyway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As I walked toward the entrance, the crowd bombarded me with a mix of insults, autograph requests, death threats, and tearful declarations of undying love. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I gave him this very cold stare, like he'd insulted the hell out of me, and asked him, "Do I look like I'm under twenty-one?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Some of the Death Eaters called insults at the centaurs as they left them behind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I will not have you insulting food,” the Keeper said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long, I heard an insult hurled in my direction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z You will notice how I do not insult you either by saying I have waited long enough. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t close my ears to their insults, couldn’t avert my eyes quickly enough to miss their hate-filled looks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z So they decided to gather together a group of young men and insult them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But I could handle them, especially when some huge monster boy was insulting me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I know she didn’t plan to insult me, she just didn’t know better. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He is quick to sense slight or insult in things others say, and frequently may misinterpret well-meant communications. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked Volpe, incongruously, if he “came from a dockworker family,” which he figured was intended as an insult. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Nothing is worse than the secret humiliation of being insulted by proxy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It was still a book, and reading it would be better than listening to any more of Granddad’s insults disguised as life lessons. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Whoever killed Scythe Faraday also gave him one final insult. After he was dead, the killer defeated the security measures on Faraday’s ring, and used it to grant the witnesses immunity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As a final insult Huxley became the new Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She said nothing for a moment, while she rearranged her garments, recovering herself a little; then once again that maddening, insulting half-smile curved her lips. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tucked away out of sight, I dare say,” thought Jo, who could forgive her own wrongs, but hotly resented any insult offered her family. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I haven’t seen Dr. Stubbs, Colonel. I was brought here by three strange officers who took me down into the cellar without authority and questioned and insulted me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He got to his feet and became aware of a terrible, foul, extremely insulting smell. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He let the insult wash right over him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Look, I didn’t mean to insult you earlier,” she said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z That muggy summer afternoon, the strikers and deputies exchanged insults, sparking gunfire along the route from the store to the mine. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z From Boys' Lodge, the usual group emerged and ran down the path, calling laughing insults to one another. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Reporters and photographers were waiting for her at every stop with a barrage of questions: “Do you feel insulted by this refusal?” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I felt angry and insulted, but most of all, confused. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The South does not forgive Longstreet the insult to Lee’s name. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She might have been insulted if he wasn’t trying so hard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He shook his lasso of poison vines and insulted the monsters’ bad breath, stirring them into a fury. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This isn’t like the argument about money—there are more jokes and light insults. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Before I could insult the evangelists further, Limela said, “Mfundisi, I don’t need your God. My gods are the spirits of my ancestors.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now...the worst insult of all. The gods mock me by sending you.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Burr’s own letter, therefore, was a gross insult in its arrogant insistence “upon a basis so vague as that which you have adopted.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I disappeared into my room the minute the air tensed and wrapped myself in a thin sheet that didn’t silence their insults but made me invisible to the hate that clouded their eyes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “But I do think you insulted him. I mean, killing another scythe? That never happens.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Of course innocent mistakes occur, but the accumulated insults and indignations caused by racial presumptions are destructive in ways that are hard to measure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I shouldn’t have insulted her when she was trying to reach out, even if I didn’t want to be part of her “endeavor.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z They screamed out insults to the British ships. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “I refuse to take the insult,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Every day of her life she’d insulted other uglies and had been insulted in return. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z This was a little insulting, to be honest, but Twig shut her down real fast. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The moment she had insulted James Potter, his whole body had relaxed, and as they walked away there was a new spring in Snape’s step.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “But it is for the best. Leo could not be tolerated, even as an ice statue...not after he insulted me. The fool refused to rule at my side! And his power over fire...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I say and run my tongue up over my teeth because if that’s not an insult, I don’t know what is. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One part of that code is badal—a tradition of revenge—where one insult must be answered by another, one death by another, and on and on it goes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Maria had insulted him in front of everyone, and he intended to make her pay. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo wasn’t sure whether he felt relieved or insulted that the combat trainer was interrogating Frank, while Leo got the home economics teacher. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Not at the candy counter of Duggie’s where he first saw her and wondered if that, the peppermint she bought, was what insulted her skin, light and creamy everywhere but her cheeks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “So well intended, and yet so insulting,” Gale whispers in my ear. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At first they’d insulted my father by turning us down, even after our Bethlehem congregation had done special tithes for a whole year to fly us here for the perfusion of Jesus’ name. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He went back to the edge of the basin, calling, begging, and even insulting Chacho to get a response. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying that to be cruel and insulting,” he continued with cruel and insulting delight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The one ever scrutinizing into the public opinion, and ready to follow where he could not lead it; the other insulting it by the most adverse sentiments and pursuits. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t have insulted the big island,” she moaned. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “But then—my foolishness in insulting him in the first place.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He tried to shout insults, but the words wouldn’t come out.They stayed inside, getting bigger and bigger until he was sick to his stomach. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t always understand the insults, but you can tell from people’s body language when they’re saying something crude. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z They’d wave and shout insults back and forth about each other’s flying skills, then get back to work. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I’ve been witness to more awfulness than wings being torn or my person insulted. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I think it would be quite insulting to take the house in Bedford Place just opposite the Horneritas,” she wrote to him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Haven’t you heard how those American embassy people treat Nigerians? They insult you and call you a liar and on top of it, eh, refuse to give you a visa,” Amaka said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “You idiot! He just insulted your motheA Those mounds are your mother’s breasts. He just kicked one of them!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I can tell you understand the value of this, so please do not insult me.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Pretend?” he echoes, as though he’s not sure if I’m insulting him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And that’s what she cant forgive him for: not for the insult, not even for having jilted her: but for being dead. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z That was not even the nub of the insult. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z This is always a dangerous moment in a story, because the king is not a djinn, and a wish that is an insult can quickly become a curse. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I relate very well to dead words. They interest me and they help me. I can insult people without their knowing it. For instance, Matt is a cuglion.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were bullied, insulted, harassed and shoved about all day long by one after the other. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His ears burn at the sight, and he runs back into the house, sickened, certain of the insult his father will feel. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And the insult was so great that the Committee would stay after us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z So he didn’t blurt out the insults he had intended. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Some people might call it a tree house, but that would insult its fortified and functional nature. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The crawlers would make better friends than enemies, and humans shouldn’t go around insulting them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If Kamaswami was upset, if he felt that he had been insulted, or if he was troubled with his business affairs, Siddhartha had always regarded him mockingly. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z If an African American calls you a Mandingo or a booty scratcher, he is insulting you for being African. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Hoodlums hand out goodies, do their best to stay interesting, and since they are being watched for excitement, they pay attention to their clothes and the carving out of insults. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re right to insult me. I’m too big. Whenever I fight, it looks like I’m picking on somebody.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You calling me fat?” she asked, acting insulted. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z But when Hall raised Woodall on the radio, the impenitent South African-expedition leader responded with a barrage of obscenities and insults. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He felt like he was back in middle school, when a good insult could make you king. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I designed for both of them literally dozens of insulting, sub-normal, but quite constructive, drawing exercises. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It was intended as a gentlemanly gesture, but Bobby looked hurt, almost insulted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even as the girls screamed and scampered away, hurling insults back at the boys, Sunjin sat staring at his feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “If you’re going to insult me, you can shove this—” She lifted the cue in the air and made an obscene gesture that finished her sentence. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Nobody had ever endured a blow or even an insult from him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lucky,” the driver said, and the rest of the passengers laughed, which made me mad, because it felt as if he were insulting me in the worst possible way. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Ohhhh—Yank, Yank, Yank—” said the Englishman, “that coat was an insult.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one that night Loki insulted the gods and the goddesses. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z How dare he insult Dvorak and her sister! The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And I threw it back in his face with an insult to make sure it stung. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Pavlov said that Fischer’s “tantrums” were an insult to the World Champion, who had every legal and moral right to refuse to meet Fischer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “If I were you, I would be careful who you insult,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “That was meant for an insult” “Aye, but it was true. His hands were bonnie.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You insulted her, Harry! You said it was a joke!” shouted Ron, who was slowly turning purple in the face as all the blood rushed to his head. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As for the threatening insults from their northern brethren in the government, pay them little attention. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Yet there he was this morning, on the school bus, insulting the same pea-brained thug who already held a mortal grudge against him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that it made any difference to Gregor; it was just one more way he could avoid insulting the bugs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I not no bear,” Tidbit stated, sounding mildly insulted. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn knew she didn’t mean it as an insult. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You can tell your father—!” I dug my fingers into Kevin’s shoulder, cutting off the rush of words before they became insulting in content as well as in tone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I was both baffled and somewhat insulted by the request. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Furthermore,” he added, “I didn’t come on this bus to be insulted.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Despite the brutality, the students were committed to nonviolence and for the most part bore the insults and indignities without striking back. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A report in the Woman’s Journal said, “Women were spat upon...slapped in the face, tripped up, pelted with burning cigar stubs, and insulted by jeers and obscene language too vile to print or repeat.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z All the insults and anger, the confusion and fighting, seemed to converge in a single flash of white-hot feeling. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Since I know it is all for Christ's good, I am quite content with my weaknesses and with insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘And you is an insult to the giant peoples!’ shouted the Bloodbottler. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At one-thirty a drunk wandered in and passed a remark which was considered insulting to Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to pretend I don’t like things or play the weird game of insulting something that I want. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Aron marched along three paces behind them, patient and unembarrassed even when the girls tossed their squealing barbs of insult over their shoulders at him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They call him a D.P., which means displaced person, an old insult I remember from high school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Klaus ignored the insult and opened the book to where one of the scraps of paper was marking his place. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z But whatever affectionate insult he offers is lost in the cloth of my suit as I circle him into my arms. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But the old gentleman, shuffling and panting, insisted that he had been insulted, and hurried away with the monkeys screaming on his back. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure if he should say thank you or be insulted. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It was fifteen cents and as I felt for a nickel I took out another dime, thinking, Is it an insult when one of us tips one of them? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He could do nothing but nurse his resentment, so nurse it he did, his mood growing blacker by the hour at each insult to his person. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Unleashed by their insults, I was now free to criticize Martin’s clothing: the pleated denim shorts, the baseball cap, the T-shirt advertising a San Diego pizza restaurant. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Turns out,” High John answered, “that despite Anansi’s ultimate insult, the bearers of his mark are welcome beneath the branches of the Mmoatia.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And so it came to pass that the normal, happy event of dividing food after a hunt became a war of insults and rage and starving bellies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But Hideo’s walls are nevertheless there, making his politeness seem insulting and his intentions vague. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She never talks to me unless there’s someone else around to hear her hilarious insults. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Because by making the choice to leave, you’re insulting the place that raised you and made you and never turned you away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She also knew that when one of the girls at school wanted to be particularly insulting to a boy, or wanted to get an immediate response from him, she could say. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Adding to the insult was the fact that many of these refugees had brought along their own slaves. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She charged after the enemy, yelling insults and daring them to cross her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I looked at him and wrinkled my nose, deliberately insulting him. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z To add insult to injury, the FBI claimed in public that their success was due to their own code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z After all the danger, this was a kind of insult. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The defenders clustered on the wall above the gates, yelling insults at the tortoise formation as it staggered back and forth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He seemed to have taken Scabbers’s true identity as a personal insult. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When I shyly told my mother this, she seemed insulted and said, “You don’t even know little percent of me! How can you be me?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Ding Dong? You dare insult me with a Ding Dong?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The two youngest Laphams were always insulting him, not only about how smart he was, but how smart he thought he was. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell she wasn’t insulting me; she was just curious. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A crot—the deadliest insult anyone could utter—was a simple, harmless eejit, like the thousands who had cut grass, washed floors, and tended poppies as far back as Matt could remember. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was partly because Rita had a Portuguese name and partly because the two of them could be so much more insulting when they worked together. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When it heard this final insult, it swallowed hard in its fury. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Her shoulders sagged, and she turned her head back, as though recoiling from an insult. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “What kind of attitude is that? It’s insulting to Chairman Mao.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they grunt or say “Aha” or “Trade you” or “Got you back”; or they exchange new, obscure good-natured insults: “You surd!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He started getting out of bed later and later, and when he did, it seemed it was only to insult or accuse. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Chemical control of insects seems to have proceeded on the assumption that the soil could and would sustain any amount of insult via the introduction of poisons without striking back. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There were days of encampments, excited discussion, insults hurled at the police until the students lost their voices. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard not to be a little insulted. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He was raging with insult, but he would not approach my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I ignore it though because this really isn't the time for me to be insulting Haymitch, which is my first impulse. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z What was the point in being nice to her if he was only going to insult her the next moment? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Adding insult to injury, the arrogant aloof sheepherder never carried a little chunk of osha in his pants pocket to ward off poisonous snakes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The tropical, stale heat the sidewalks had been sucking up all day hit me in the face like a last insult. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Some chess players felt that it was an insult to proclaim Fischer the greatest American player at seventeen, and thereby diminish the reputation of Reshevsky at fifty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Lee could see the reactions flaring through Cal—the rage at insult, the belligerence, and the hurt feelings following behind and out of that—just the beginning of relief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He makes his mind tough, closed against insult, closed against meanness. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I miss her, but I don’t know how to tell her, and my suggestion comes out as a veiled insult. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She doesn’t mean it as an insult but a prickly truth. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z He replayed all the insults in his mind as distrust twist Tad’s face. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Occasionally a man would laugh and add an insult. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked her, “If I fix it, would that insult you?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As Dad and Mother, dressed in dusters and wearing goggles, went scorching through the streets of Boston, bystanders tossed insults and ridicule in their direction. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z As Margo put it, “Honestly, first garter snakes and now this fence? This security is sort of insulting to a ninja.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She remembered the boatman’s wife screaming insults at her husband. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1916 Satie concocted a baldly insulting parody of themes from Gounod’s opera Mireille, and several of his cabaret songs make fun of Massenet’s supposed sentimentality. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “What do you mean—nothing?” demanded Mary Poppins, drawing herself up and looking as though she had been insulted. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “I will not calm down! How dare you come here and insult us?!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And he never insulted me by offering to loan me a few credits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It is not clear from his compressed, pained face if the words are endearments or insults. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My cousins go back and forth with their jokes and playful insults. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My cheeks got hot right away and my palms started to itch, because I’d never insulted a teacher like that. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, are we at the insult part of the breakup?” she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When he passed through Thrace on his way to Greece, the god was insulted by one of the kings there, Lycurgus, who bitterly opposed this new worship. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At the beginning she fought the white children who insulted her. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand what he said, but I recognized the insult in his voice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “There’s no way to argue that point without insulting your biological child, so I’m not going to try. Well played, by the way.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I’m not very smart,” she said, insulting herself like she always does before she gives an opinion, “but I think the matches are short so they can fit in your pocket. Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Blaine’s friends said it was and for them, ‘conservative’ is the worst insult you can get.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “For goodness’ sake, don’t insult me with a lie,” she said. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Religious slurs, temper tantrums, insults, coercion, debt: all petty things, really, irritants—too minor, it would seem, to move five reasonable people to murder. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Frith stood a moment, waiting for me to say something, and it seemed to me stupid and insulting to ignore a matter that must mean so much to everyone in the house. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The initial offers insulted them more than me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “No, not really,” he said, then realized he’d just insulted them all. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He doesn’t feel insulted, but he is aware that a line has been drawn all the same. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It was just a little something Mrs. Larkin and I cooked up while having polite conversation. It really gets her dander up when someone insults the late Eugene Larkin.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Nope, nope, nothing like that. They just send them home with an insult. Better luck next time—that sort of thing, only ruder.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "Your jest has the bitter taste of an insult!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z As the Nazis tightened their grip on Kraków, Jews were barraged with all kinds of insulting caricatures. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Supposed to be a huge insult, only no one uses it anymore.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Like she’ll be completely and thoroughly insulted if I don’t tell her. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Nor would he react so calmly to an insult. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The Army General was no more used to being insulted than the Air Marshal. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It all works out,” said Lee, “true to outrageous form. It’s kind of insulting that everyone reacts about the same way.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I apologize for calling you a low-level wimpazoid. That was not cool. I insulted you.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Your newspaper is an insult to all white Americans who have pledged themselves to purge this menace from our midst. Please cancel my subscription as of this date and send refund immediately.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was as if he considered making himself comfortable an insult of some kind. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She did—taking no insult, very serious, through a pall of smoke. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “It’s amazing how someone could insult black people, gay people, and women all at the same time,” Brandon said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Everyone here constantly laughed at tragedy, as if insulting misfortune would keep it at bay. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Like Roland Hayes, Marian Anderson stood in stately opposition to these insulting stereotypes, projecting an image of accomplishment and pride. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The mayor asked the governor to mobilize National Guard units to patrol the streets of Durham, a move that insulted the black community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Had the priest felt insulted and left the house in disgust? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Matt had no idea what that was, but he recognized an insult when he heard it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As is our custom, the women looked after the children on one side of the field, while the men and boys huddled closely on the other, smoking cigarettes and shouting insults at the officials. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He was so obtuse he did not realize the implied insult in his astonishment that a black man could do anything but say “yes, sir” and mumble four-letter words. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is an insult that you are even asking.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z If Cory wanted to start things off with insults, someone had to show him we couldn’t be pushed around. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was humiliating to be offered a Purple Heart now, and he wasn’t going to let his platoon leader insult him like that. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But I knew if I didn’t eat anything, Dadi would take it as a personal insult. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Others so that God would not take the disdain for His intermediary as a personal insult. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I have no intention of taking their insults lying down. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Only later did I learn that the teacher didn't know my father at all and that the name Mosiek, "little Moses," was an insult reserved for any Jewish boy, regardless of his father's name. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “And this is an insult to my intelligence. I won’t answer these questions.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But when the black students came in and saw the chains, as you can imagine, they felt incredibly insulted. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z How could adults complain at home about the insulting way they were treated at work and then put on a happy face for their white employers? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z To the supplications of reason they eventually added the insult of imprecation, calling him a young cur and a scoundrel and, moreover, a fool. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And then Sierra complains about the frosting, and then they all sing, substituting insults for her name. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She would see the insult in this, not the opportunity. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Because they were not hurt or insulted, they were not defensive or combative. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z With insults and threats they led her in to Colonel Garcia, whom she could recognize blindfolded by his habitual cruelty, even before he opened his mouth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I pretend to be angry, as if she's just whispered something insulting. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Look how she now prays to God to send someone to redeem her from these barbaric cruelties and insults. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z And therefore, since I do not insult you by saying that only I have waited, I do not add, expect me. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z He does not feel insulted when she tells him that for most of her life he was exactly the sort of person she had sought to avoid. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was happy because once more they were insulting him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I’m not trying to insult you. I just—” I took a deep breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then Tom's voice, incredulous and insulting: "You must have gone there about the time Biloxi went to New Haven." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Christina,” I say, but the only words I can think of—I’m sorry— sound more like an insult than an apology. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead of saying ba-ka-ta-re, a common insult meaning stupid, Terminal Islanders would say ba-ka-ya-ro, a coarser and exclusively masculine use of the word, which implies gross stupidity. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The class was silent because that wasn’t a snap any longer but an insult. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “What an insult! I’ll bet he never would have said that if I were a boy.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z And what made it worse was that they were so dumb, or seemed to be so dumb, that it was almost insulting the way they kept hidden from him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Twig glared at him with that sleepy-cat face, as if that was a personal insult, and he didn’t comment again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “He insulted an artist I happened to think was a hell of a talent.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Tarheel blacks did not need Jesse Helms’s stinging insults uttered over the body of their fallen leader to push their anger over the edge. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They may not have known exactly what he meant by “creepy,” but it was pretty clear it was an insult. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He only knew that they behaved as if they’d been insulted. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We chanted this most powerful of our arsenal of insults as long as we could see the green stems and rabbit fur. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He arrived amid insults, spat upon, accused of having accelerated the war in order to sell it for a better price. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was dressed in jeans and boots and his counselor’s T-shirt from Camp Half-Blood, which seemed like an insult now that we knew he was a spy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When I did, I would be paralyzed with embarrassment, unable to return the insult. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “How dare you insult my mother,” said Ana. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She insulted and encouraged, pushed and poked, brewed and stewed and remedied. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mom was over by the refreshments table, retrieving her dishes, and Ray was standing nearby to make sure we didn’t insult Mr. Abbas. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His Italian is so bad that when he tried to speak to anyone he would generally just end up insulting them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Whether he knew the language or not, the insult was clear in her voice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She hadn’t meant to insult his precious ship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Virgil knew she didn’t mean that as an insult, but it stung. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z So she borrowed a few more choice words from sayings coined by rickshaw pullers to insult riders who gave no tips. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t have said that. Dogs know loyalty, at least. Fidelity to the pack. It is an insult to the dog to call you one.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When I opened the door to the locker room, I mentally braced myself for some dirty looks and insults from Will and Drew. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z She wasn't rich in life, her clothing belying her poverty, and even her death has been insulting. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Spoken Japanese is full of disrespectful insult words that can be much more cutting than mere vulgarity. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how amazing you were, you couldn’t go around insulting the gods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Miraculously, Dad restrained himself from saying anything insulting. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was weird sitting in Conner’s room with the guys insulting each other instead of me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He should be so punished, they declared, that no man to come, hearing what this man had suffered, would dare ever again to insult them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta seemed to bask in our insults, wearing each one proudly. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It was a private word, slangish, even affectionately vulgar, and, when spoken by a stranger, insulting, because it glibly assumed familiarity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When asked what was in it, without answering he’d give a look that said in essence, “How can you possibly ask me that question? I’m deeply hurt and insulted.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, clearly, a thought occurred to Magister Spurge...that this must be one of those goblin insults that show budding friendship. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I took this as a personal insult and challenge. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Romans and Greeks have an old rivalry. Sometimes Romans use graecus as an insult for someone who’s an outsider—an enemy. I wouldn’t worry about it.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Jude says to him, “Do you think Grandma didn’t just hear you insult her cooking?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Adding insult to injury, Tate went on to be re-elected sheriff, and he remains in office today; he has been sheriff continuously for more than twenty-five years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Because of Mom’s contagiousness, even Dad, for all his asshatness, knows a lot about art, enough to insult me with anyway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There was no telling what Tenorio would do at this insult; everyone knew he was crazy enough to assault the priest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She beamed at me, and I realized she didn’t mean any of that to be insulting. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And over the years we never spoke of this insult. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids at my school loved changing my first name to English and then tacking insults onto it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I’ve already forgiven you. You don’t have to keep insulting him on my account.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I have not often been so angry, and I insulted him deliberately. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Spassky was angered when he learned that he was not being considered for the match with Fischer, and he used insulting language when referring to Titomirov. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I meant how did we leave without insulting him.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They substitute insults for her name, like any good friends. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He still hadn’t recovered from his Amazon imprisonment— getting kicked across the lobby, disarmed, caged, and insulted as a baby man by an egomaniacal horse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z John Wilkes Booth saw all of this—the grand illumination, the crowds delirious with joy, the insults to the fallen Confederacy and her leaders. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids made me cry, and I could not make my hair grow fast enough to stop the insults. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z "I hope that wasn't insulting!" she continued, wringing her hands. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z His proclamation was met with a deafening roar of shouted threats, insults, and colorful profanity. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But the English words don’t come as fast as the many Creole insults at the tip of my tongue for this Deborah Howard. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They insulted the British and called the Hessians foul names Nate would never repeat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Proof positive of our vulnerability would come when I observed white people saying insulting things to Papa, Mama, and Grandma. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sir Lawrence flatly denied prior knowledge of Francis’ efforts and was thoroughly insulted by the implication that he had underhandedly used another scientist’s ideas. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “How many insults from your father can you stand, Percy? You think he’s grateful to you? You think Poseidon cares for you any more than he cares for this monster?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z For me, at least, it was a universal insult, like calling someone a jerk. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z "When my brother falls, see that no insult is done to his corpse. He is my own blood, I will not have his head paraded about on a spear." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dad knew the hotel manager and all of the men at the desk, and they used to exchange loud and good-natured insults for the benefit of the crowds that followed us in from the street. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just that we went to separate schools: we even walked to school on opposite sides of the highway from whites, shouting insults at each other across the street. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Hassan seemed not to notice the insults, only meekly mumbling, “Thanks, Dad.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Which of you”—McNamara bit back the words that'd lose him his job—“toe rags have the guts to insult me face to face? Right now?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He failed to recognize that though the immigrants felt injury in losing the job, the insult lay in losing out to blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The roaches had been so easy to insult. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone starts laughing and talking all at once, trying to get in the first insult, but he just laughs them off and says, "Girls love a sensitive man." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The severity of her expression did not alter, and there was no telling whether there was insult or humor or a hidden message in her remark. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Otto tried hard not to let his surprise and confusion come off as insulting. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z To add insult to injury, she’s just going on about her life like me not being around has no effect on her whatsoever. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It was meant to be an insult, making me into a foreigner, but I didn't know what it meant. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Chacho reacted instantly to any real or imagined insult to his mother. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Each day Brannon ran three miles, worked out on the punching bag in the gym, and boxed a few rounds with anyone he could insult or entice into the ring with him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And he wasn’t happy jus’ insulting the barber neither; he had something to say ’bout near everyone who went ’head of us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z From the look on Shay’s face, she can tell that her insult backfired on her. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust, rejection, insult, clung to her with filial fondness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She wanted to shout insults at the giant, but her first words were surprisingly calm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Judge Ford thought her clues were an insult, and she said something about playing a pawn in Westing's game. And she had a clipping of the obituary on her desk. This obituary." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It has caused a lot of pain to people and I think it is insulting to bleep it out.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The dirty joke had been somehow insulting to blacks. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z These sudden, panicky attempts at conciliation annoyed me more than his insults. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The word was meant for animals, and it was a terrible insult. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The way Paul said it was like an insult. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The Harvard professor was known for his vast knowledge of international affairs—and his habit of insulting whoever was not in the room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Constance poked an angry snout down at the insulting young fox. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When, however, Pentheus only heaped insults and threats upon him, Dionysus left him to his doom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the slain had been avenged—and more important, the insult to white order repaid with interest—the civilians returned to their farms and factories and stores, and the patrollers resumed their rounds. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I love a man who dries my dishes. Even if he does insult me.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I ain takin no insult with this kinda job.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel like there’s an insult buried in there.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z We were almost family, and I knew if I made him feel like his family had been insulted, he’d help me get back at the boys. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With the color in the officer’s cheeks rising, he looked like I had insulted him personally. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When they passed Werfel’s neighbors, he didn’t even stop to insult them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The fact that he never bothered to remember our names was insulting, but neither was that slight, alone, enough to make us despise him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Twig stepped back and shrugged, as if she hadn’t created a totally awkward moment and then been insulted a second later. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Sure I like children. But they got to be my own and not some other bum’s,” he answered, unintentionally insulting himself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But mostly because Ali was immune to the insults of his assailants; he had found his joy, his antidote, the moment Sanaubar had given birth to Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “All this time he’s been insulting my liver, and look what happened to him. He’s dead. Killed by his own greed.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I let myself think back on the insults that Tremaine and Max had thrown my way. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His squinted eyes and fake accent were insulting. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The result of their skills has been that Italy has been overrun by Charles, plundered by Louis, violated by Ferdinand, and insulted by the Swiss. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The crowd screamed insults at me, but Antaeus raised his hand for silence. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z ‘But if we don’t stop this war the entire legion will be wiped out. You said the monster tribes take insult easily?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And if our readers do know the lingo, we might be insulting their intelligence by spelling it out. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Even with Johanna’s motivational insults driving me on, I have to drop out after a mile. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He would have likely been as insulted no matter who had criticized him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t been listening to that last speech of Count Olaf’s, knowing it would be full of the usual self-congratulatory nonsense and despicable insults. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Put down my friend. I’m the one who insulted you.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Adding insult to injury, he danced around the fallen sentries, sprinkling them with daisies until they arose, cursing him, to continue the chase. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The younger boys, used to seeing his black temper break out at the least hint of slight or insult, watched him in wonder at his coolness now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He was very short-tempered, always shouting at me and insulting me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I find these references to bad times vaguely threatening, vaguely insulting: I am not the sort of girl who has bad times, I have good times only. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His insults never stopped, although they became more lovable, but that didn’t matter, because he grew into a reliable dealer. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Not today, despite the insult implied by his absence. Did you wonder at that?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But important people didn’t seem to take this as an insult. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You can’t let what other people think about you bother you; you’ll never be happy if you do. Turning an insult into something you embrace is a good way of empowering yourself.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z A dance of death began as the warriors circled and slashed, leaping toward each other, whirling the blades around their heads, shrieking insults at each clash. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After that beating, students who were younger and smaller than Shin began to insult his mother. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Any insult to Pollard was received by the Howards as a slight to themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some people think it’s an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. But the time poultice is no respecter of glories. Everyone gets well if he waits around.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Two years later a man from the government came to the village bringing a fine cow for the man, but the man said the government had insulted him, and he refused to take the cow. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Pansy Parkinson gaped at her as she walked by with Malfoy, and even he didn’t seem to be able to find an insult to throw at her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Gum Baby soared through the air, shouting insults as she flew. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Once again, vagrancy laws and other laws defining activities such as “mischief” and “insulting gestures” as crimes were enforced vigorously against blacks. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She raged against it, helpless and insulted, and blurted at last, “I don’t want to die.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She glowered at her tower of treats as though it had insulted her. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They all knew Dad, and whenever he walked in, they insulted him in a loud funny way that was meant to be friendly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We winced and turned into mummies, staring vacantly, insulating ourselves against further insults. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As a final insult, Durham’s Big Men now derided the “vulgar” racism of their white employees. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I cheered with him when Kabul’s team scored against Kandahar and yelped insults at the referee when he called a penalty against our team. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s like paranoia in reverse when people are really calling you insulting things and you deliberately pretend they aren’t. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to bring my fingers up to pinch my nose, but I knew that would be the worst insult. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as if the thousands of times the Doctorita called me a dirty bnga are being stirred up into a whirlwind of old, painful insults. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s made to move with the wind,” Owen would say, “made to feel the wind and move with it. The motor is an insult.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The hospital looked at him askance, insulted him with ridiculous questions, and basically told him to fend for himself. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z "He is the King's Justice, after all. Sending other men to do his office . . . some might construe that as a grave insult." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To make his message clear, he spat at me and repeated his insult in English. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She was insulted and told her son Wilse Howard, and the following week he exchanged gunfire with another of Turner’s grandsons, young Will Turner, on the road to Hagan, Virginia. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Now . . . Nightingale never told me he had a nephew. I hope that is not insulting to you.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Seems to me we can’t discuss anything any more but you take it as a personal insult.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you had any sense, you would realize that that is the ultimate insult,” Ignatius snorted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Repeat an insult enough times, and anyone will start to believe it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had not been back to Nigeria in years and perhaps he needed the consolation of those online groups, where small observations flared and blazed into attacks, personal insults flung back and forth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z No matter how much I tell myself that my friends would never call me dirty names, I feel buried under the Doctorita’s insults. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They stared up at the greenish-blue moon, and scuffled for the best places by the fire, insulting each other, sometimes clawing or biting. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I hadn’t wanted to insult Aibileen when she told me her idea. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Gary Drake couldn't walk off without the last insult. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Mommy ignored them all, unless the insults threatened her children, at which time she would turn and fight back like an alley cat, hissing, angry, and fearless. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As I understand it, at first Doña Charito was insulted at the de la Torre request: she was an artiste; she took on apprentices, not children. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He felt insulted by his back, almost as he would have been if one of his children had been dishonest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “We could take turns insulting you,” Pixie suggested. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Brand flies were sniped out of midair, each hit punctuated with an insult. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “As is” is an insult when it comes from Mom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z "I played with Sam Westing—chess. Hour after hour I sat staring down at that chessboard. He lectured me, he insulted me, and he won every game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she thought it was an insult to her mulled mead, but Harry knew better. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “You say you’re not special because the world doesn’t know about you, but that’s an insult to me. / know about you.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I’m pretty sure that was an insult, but I took the flyer anyway. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He will take the insults and abuses stoically so that his children will not have to take them in the future. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo made things harder by constantly teasing Frank, and Ares demanded that Frank retaliate for every insult. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was insulted that I left the wedding early. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z My first goal in this chapter, then, is to establish why Newton was hostile to the word ‘hypothesis’ and felt that its use in the context of his own work amounted to an insult. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He is the sort of despicable person who has no understanding of how despicable he is, and my badgering him with insults won’t change that; nothing will. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I summoned the male sergeant, who, given the din and the insults, was in no mood for a negotiation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably not the reaction the winner would get, but at least no one is yelling insults at me. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “She’ll know. Anyway, coconuts is supposed to be an insult, right? So we use it our own way and then it isn’t. That’s totally punk rock.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I would do nothing to insult him, nothing to jeopardize my chances of getting to the Sacred Rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He felt his sister had been insulted when she was forced to marry a blind king, and for that he swore destruction on your ancestors. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Except he made it sound like an insult. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z There were more groans and cries, an insult or two. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The one time I entered the bathroom before classes they chased me out with insults and rough shoves. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When he stands at the door of his hut, shouting insults at his neighbors in a loud harangue, he is city addressing another city. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Here they weren’t quite so tied up by considerations of everybody’s prestige and pride, and questions evidently were not insulting either to the asker or the one questioned. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad was so insulted that he walked out of school. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z On its back, Damasen yelled insults and jabbed at the god of the pit, taunting Tartarus farther away from the Doors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Was it so insulting for Glenn to lose to a colored player that he would rather fake an injury? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Neither of us smiled mockingly, or mouthed small insulting nothings to the other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, njuzu, I didn’t mean to insult you by screaming,” she cried. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He starts talking slowly, like I’m a tourist, which is insulting. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It would be an insult to her memory not to use the information I extracted from her, Wormtail.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z This was not a new insult, not to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In the other telling, she’s the jealous maniac who murders Maryam and decides to kill herself when the son insults her pride with a proposal. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Whether Cecile heard Vonetta starting to insult her or if she saw me kick her second child, she didn’t let on. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually Father doesn’t have to look twice to see when he’s being insulted. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “As a matter of fact, I’ve been known to take a perfectly normal rainy day as a personal insult. So this is absolute manna to me.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The teacher continued her diatribe and I settled back, bathing in the subtle beauty of each new curse and insult. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z My theory was he didn’t know who to jump on first, the insulting Underdowns or his cussing wife, so he just stood there brewing like a coffeepot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They growled words that made no sense, echoes of all the hurts and insults, the dinners gone to waste, the women, the abandonments. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It was as if Alex had somehow insulted him by being placed in the group. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “No. Look, I didn’t mean to insult—Ah, never mind. The point is this is good news!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Just about any cruel word or insult could start me crying, even if it was aimed at someone besides me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z They landed painfully, ten feet away on the cold stone floor, and to add insult to injury, there was a loud popping noise, and both of them sprouted identical long white beards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "You insult me even further the longer you keep up this deception. You make it seem as if I'm unintelligent. As if I can't see your affection for Auguste." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Had someone suggested that it did, Kochu Maria would have assumed that he or she was insulting her intelligence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to be taking the library’s lack of useful information on the subject as a personal insult; it had never failed her before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She thought a game was being played which she did not understand, but she was certain there had been an impropriety, or even an insult. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It didn’t sound quite as good as Annabeth’s insults, but it was all I could think of. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But I’d always wanted to tell people that they were insulting me incorrectly. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t know the manners of good society, eh?” he says to the character of the busybody, Mrs. Mountchessington, who has insulted him before exiting the stage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z After Unferth's outburst some of the Geats wanted to throttle him, they were so furious at this insult to their leader. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Aeron Damp hair's voice cut through the insults like a sword through cheese. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His face had the sallow, yellow look it got when he was insulted, but somehow he seemed to be enjoying it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z For Papa, at seventeen, it made no difference that times were hard; the idea of a teahouse was an insult to the family name. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don't mean to be insulting. It's just, I love to watch people too much, I guess.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father and mother prepared her for the verbal insults she would endure from other students. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Absolutely not,” he tells me, insulted by the suggestion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The stiff ruff that was then in fashion framed my face to good effect, though the first time I wore it, Cristiana insulted me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It wasn’t easy tolerating him talking this way to her, to bear his scorn, his ridicule, his insults, his walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Anything less would be an insult to the men I killed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the old days I would have insulted them and picked a fight. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “They might think it's an insult, but it isn't.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I braced myself for more insults, squeezing myself tight. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z To add insult to injury, she then turned out to be better at counterspy operations than the FBI was. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “My-lady, fair warning. The old gods are strong in those mountains. The clansmen will not suffer insults to their heart trees.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, no,” Gogol says, shaking his head, laughing, at once insulted and oddly aroused. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When it dived back into my flowers, I finally threw the bouquet on the ground, hoping I wasn’t insulting our host nation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The only thing I can think of is that this was one more way to add insult to injury. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the wide court he let them feed, and said to Odysseus kindly: “Friend, are they more respectful of you now, or still insulting you?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The drivers leaned on their horns and shouted insults. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As an insult, Booth enclosed a small sum of money as a payment for the meal they had eaten, but not enjoyed, at Stuart’s. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We dug up obsolete convention weapons and insults to hurl back and forth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I expect her to get yanked by the throat for the insult, but the chubby knight who’s got her rope just laughs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Come all that way to insult not his father but his race. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a small-minded and ludicrous insult, sure, but his mocking of my intellect, his marginalizing of my young self, carried with it a larger dismissiveness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Why you gilded little—” Hedge’s insult was cut short when the dolphin put a greasy wad of canvas in his mouth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nothing had been offered, and she knew how insulting it was to treat him like a servant, but his manner was so abject that he deserved it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I find it very insulting when Lucy acts like this class is beneath her. She doesn’t belong here.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Master’s mother was looking at them suspiciously, as if she was sure that Olanna had just insulted her in English. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His continual fear of being arrested, killed, accosted, or insulted fatigued him, and that may be one of the reasons he slept ten or twelve hours every night. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Such a look from another man would merit a slap, but from Keenan, it's more tribute than insult. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I don't mean to call you out or insult you or anything. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Steve did not take kindly to the prison head’s jab, and he was incapable of letting an insult go unanswered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It crushed him; he knew at that moment that he was not even important enough to be properly insulted. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I will not stay here to be insulted.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But it was like he had used the word to insult me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z This is such an insulting thing to hear that I wouldn’t have been able to think of anything to say anyway, even if I was letting words out of my mouth. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Questioning a man’s ghayrat, or ability to uphold his family’s honor, was one of the most insulting things you could say to a Pukhtun. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z This time Lupita didn’t bother to call an insult to him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She could be so sneaky with her insults. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Master,” said Kreacher, bowing low again: Harry saw his lips moving soundlessly, undoubtedly framing the insults he was now forbidden to utter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Not even when Dante called her “straight like a stick,” which he’d obviously meant as an insult. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I deal in futures, not hypothetical,” she tells me, almost insulted that I asked. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Only in a culture of honor would it have occurred to the irascible gentleman that shooting someone was an appropriate response to a personal insult. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Maybe he was too caught up with being the enforcer for our side, with insulting the Whippoorwills’ defenders and threatening their lives. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Tycho was used to being given considerable indulgence and saw any reduction in his income as an insult, as well as a threat to his work. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I knew that in English it wouldn’t sound so bad but in China this was an insult. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Most every insult the guards use against us is two-sided. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you take out the cash, so he wouldn’t be insulted?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Don’t insult me. I know who your friends are.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z One day when Orion was drunk he insulted the maiden, and Oenopion appealed to Dionysus to punish him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "Catchpenny rogues! I will not be exchanged for such a trifle. My mere weight? A paltry treasure you could carry on a shoulder? How dare you insult me!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z It's the look he would throw his brother when he'd insulted an enemy, or won a battle, or otherwise wished to gloat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he began to scream and shout, a nonsensical jumble of swear words and insults. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "They help reset our arcana and purify our blood. And don't insult the sangsues." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Probably a mistake, if not an insult, to someone like her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was prepared for insults but not for this. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His dark eyes flash to mine, and I can't tell if he's defending or insulting me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid I don’t have time for friendly insults,” said Werfel. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He couldn’t concentrate at work, he said, and he had received taunts and insults from strangers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I still doubted the white man, yet thought that perhaps Harrison had really interpreted something I had said as an insult. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Why are you insulting me? I haven't been rude to you! Why do you call me a mouse?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Imagine what would happen if a prisoner in a concentration camp insulted a Gestapo—they would get killed instantly. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, certainly, if they are in your way,” and sweeping her contributions into her apron, pell-mell, she walked off, feeling that herself and her works of art had been insulted past forgiveness. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The demigods backed toward the water, shouting insults about ballet—which was kind of a challenge, as Percy didn’t know much about it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I worry that I might have been indecent to them, yelling insults as Ruth May sometimes did when she was delirious with malaria fever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The word was uttered and heard as an insult that designated an inferior or subordinate people. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He did not care about finding his captor, repaying insults, or inflicting eternal punishments. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The saloon keeper was a ruthless boss, beating and insulting the wayward slave at every turn, stealing wages and dignity, the hard image of northern white attitudes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Watch it. It’s bad business to insult a god,” Brer warned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He seemed offended, like I’d insulted him by pretending to know more about his island than he did. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And to have that rubbed in my face by my one kindred spirit, the only person around who was more of an outsider than I was—it was the ultimate insult. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z When he comes down, he becomes hysterical and insulting. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Basil ran rings round them, keeping up a steady stream of insults and adding to the rats’ bad temper. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Then why? Why on this day? Why do you insult the Queen?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure if she was flattered or insulted that he didn’t seem to give a second thought to her presence. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “We don’t intend to be insulted by a coarse vendor,” a spokeswoman for the band of large hats said haughtily. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never himself been beaten or threatened on a bus, but he had heard more than enough insults and witnessed more than enough abuse of black passengers to last a lifetime. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z They seemed more disturbed by the crowd that was shouting all kinds of insults at the troops. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “We sat down and tried to figure out what is the insult that would go to the heart of an eighteen-to-twenty-year-old’s brain,” Cohen says. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It was an insult, as if calling someone lousy or rotten. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Adding insult to injury, they also now had to have their flight skills checked by male pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z To add insult to injury, the Pythagoreans soon discovered that the golden ratio, the ultimate Pythagorean symbol of beauly and rationality, was an irrational number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But they didn’t think of it as an insult; it was just the way they thought about us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff has taken every opportunity to insult us and remind us of the circumstance of our dark skin, and I'd like nothing more than to tell him what I think. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The question awakes inside me an animal rage that won’t be satisfied by sharp words or insults. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He blanched at being called old, and I repeated it, adding insults I'd heard my grandfather use. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Saying I’m sorry for that thing I did in eighth grade feels stupid—because sorry isn’t enough. Sorry is almost an insult.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Edmund’s insult rang in my ears, still red with undeserved shame. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But I feel too good, too refreshed—no nightmare for the first time all week—for their insults to get me down. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Mohammed’s letter incensed her; it insulted her reality. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “How insulting. Doesn’t he think we can plan anything ourselves?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But I knew they didn’t hear her say that part about naw-uh, and you insult me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z And he says, ‘I insult Alex all the time and that seems to work.’ Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Far worse was his deliberately slaying a good friend in order to avenge an insult offered him by the young man’s father, King Eurytus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Each insult was woven with just enough truth to make it wound. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They screamed at each other, ruptured the night with insults and hate-filled words that echoed in my head for days. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z For example, Kseniia Sanchuk had been flying supply and medical missions on the front lines since the beginning of the war; she was insulted to be sent to Marina’s new group for “training” purposes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In the world of high school insults, it was actually pretty tame, but Miles’s reaction made it terrible. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Her supper would be waiting and Mrs. Bedlow was insulted by tardiness. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z This was no trivial setback, no mere snub; it was, to Bobby, the greatest insult he could imagine. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I insult his manhood, his boring wife, his ugly child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I have seen how these gentlemen wield their power when they are insulted. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “When you say it, it sounds like an insult.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It took Artemis a moment to process the fact that he’d been insulted. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Rather than feeling insulted, my parents had used Hilda’s disapproval to fuel their financial aspirations. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z With girls, it was a different game, a lot of teasing and trading fake insults. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Her expression is that of someone who has suffered a grievous insult, and I have to fight to swallow a hysterical laugh. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z What about the fellows who'd been so insulting at the Jolly Dollar? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m insulted that you assume I know how to do criminal things.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Whiskers sounded pretty insulted at this step down in his living arrangements. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Adding to the insult, the Tokyo lab’s director, Yukio Nishina, already had received permission from occupation officials to restart his cyclotron for biological and medical research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, the hooligans dispersed, leaving a trail of insults in their wake. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of swaggering heroically through the halls in their green and white letter jackets, Jim and the football boys trudged to class sullen and trigger-sensitive to insult. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Frank stood at the far end of the stadium, shooting flaming arrows at Nike’s chariot as the goddess bellowed insults and tried to find a path to him across the shifting network of trenches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I tried not to stare at the way his muscles rippled when he moved, but I rationalized that it would be insulting not to admire them a little. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z English was then still a party favor for me—crack open the dictionary, find out if I'd just been insulted, praised, admonished, criticized. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Price, apparently insulted by such a charge, went to the bathroom and then came out shooting with his thirty- eight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At the very least, his constant stream of insults would help distract her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The chaplain tiptoed stealthily around the back of Corporal Whitcomb’s tent rather than pass the entrance and risk being seen and insulted by him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I was not very hungry, but I made some attempt at eating so as not to insult anyone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Reed would have been insulted if her tendency to fade into the background wasn’t so useful. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I had to guard against the easy, semiobscene language that Negroes use among themselves, for coming from a white man it is insulting. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z You didn’t often hear Root apologizing, but then it had been a deeply offensive insult. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The worst way to insult a colored person was to infer that they were in some way black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t insult me by pretending you don’t know what I’m talking about.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Swooping by at the end of lunch and throwing insults was saying hi? Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The Doors of Death seemed like a personal insult, designed to remind him of everything he couldn’t have. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Hoping to lower the price they scatter insults over their sisters’ wares, like irritating handfuls of harmless gravel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting quietly, listening to Mother, who continued to insult Caroline, to say how shocking the costumes were, how obscene. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Lady,” he sang, “don’t insult me today just because I’m poor. You don’t know what my future holds...” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t get any apology when someone stepped on me, just insults. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “No preliminaries. They just like to get down to business fast. I’ve heard they actually get insulted if you don’t try to make the big move on them.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Gbenye raised his fist, and I was sure he would kill Nelson for that insult. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Although it was an affectionate term, to a teenager it could be considered an insult. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You will regret this insult, Annabeth. You will regret this very much.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And this is an opportunity for it, a terrifying and slightly insulting opportunity. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "No wonder they insult me and accuse us of betraying them . . ." There was a sudden movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I consider this movement a great insult to their integrity as a people. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was insulting, rude, quick to start a quarrel with virtually everyone he came in contact with. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Many of his guests, and especially the Sackville-Bagginses, were insulted, feeling sure they had only been asked to fill up the required number, like goods in a package. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At least my sister didn’t insult me with false reassurances. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Usually the laughter would give way to insult. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her body was shaking with insult and rage. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The insult—especially in front of my teammates—burned inside me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Anatole the orphan without descendants!—the bitterest insult that could be borne by a Congolese man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I glower at the roll sure he meant to insult me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t insult me with your excuses!” roared the commander. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z My big fear is that I’ve insulted him with the new lights. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Within the first few minutes of the game, Geller insulted Bobby by offering him a draw after his seventh move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I wasn’t insulted because I wasn’t gifted. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Other men periodically shouted insults at each other, shook with anger and frustration, and pounded the ground with their axes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This last insult had taken the wind completely out of his sails. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If my father was surprised or insulted, he did not show it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They shout insults at her from their windows and balconies, hiding behind the boughs of acacia trees. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They played a tune they always played when they wished to insult Yankees. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He should have hit somebody the first time he was insulted, and then gone away. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “She was proud and insulting, and you wanted to go away from her. Don’t you remember?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "Do you know what the emperor will do? He will take away your kingdom! He might even execute you for the insult!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was sorry that Bone Gap seemed to be cursed somehow, big losses salted with tiny tragedies almost too insulting to bear. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Each of them hurled insults and barbs in a war of words. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He heard the speech with a growing sense of outrage, and thought it was “very arrogant and insulting.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He roared at her to stop, and she yelled insults back. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The She Elephant, hurling insults at her captors, was pushed from one limo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I think maybe they didn’t mean to be insulting to me,” he says, “but at that time, that’s how it felt to me.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Everywhere Harry went, people pointed and didn’t trouble to lower their voices as they insulted him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Serious insults to the body, the kind of shattering or crushing injury seen in high-speed auto wrecks, are an absolute certainty for every single jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Methodically, she went from person to person, waving the burning branch with her good hand and shouting insults at any hyenas who might be lurking. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Anthony’s National Woman Suffrage Association responded to the insult by passing a resolution that said, in part, “One-half of the citizens of this nation, after a century of boasted liberty, are still political slaves.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He said, “It’s hard to imagine I’d thank a man for insults and for shaking me out like a rug. But I’m grateful. It’s a hurty thanks, but it’s thanks.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But virtual or not, this was still high school—the more childish an insult, the more effective it was. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I think this may be an insult, but I’m not sure. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z That points to something wider: while the fusillade of insults moves its object out of the embrace of the community, it seeks to move its speaker closer to the center. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Kiki whirls and yells at Noah and Jax what I now know is the worst insult: “You are all such babies!” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Two minutes before, I hadn’t even wanted to celebrate, but now I was feeling dejected and insulted at being relegated to a midweek dinner at the same place we always went to. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I winced, because Ray would be super insulted if Kyle’s dad took out any money. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z And once again he brought up the business about the mythology and the knitting, and once again Anne was insulted. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And he hung with the guys who lived for hurling insults at Rashid whenever he was nearby. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You didn’t have to insult me to prove something to them,” I say finally. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “In a little while we would say insulting things.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They got out of the way five or six feet beforehand, whether they had been insulted or not. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Normally, Druzmilla would have greeted Skardebek lovingly, maybe griping that someone had just picked a big scab and thrown it out the window, but she was clearly too nervous to think of a pleasant insult. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I moved relentlessly over the evening, back and forth, straining to remember exact words, telling inflections, any subtle insults or kindnesses I might’ve missed, and my mind—quite willingly—supplied various distortions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Thank you for the cocoa, but I have better things to do than sit around and let you insult me.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The offended divinity gave not a thought to whether the youth had purposely insulted her or had come there in all innocence. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He hovered between the two courses of apology or further insult. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Regardless, Ocean and I did not have the same reaction to the insult. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The insults were part of the nuisances of life, like lice. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z This wasn’t even an accurate insult, and it bothered me that it was so lazy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She threw herself down, beating the hull of the boat with her fists and howling insults at the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To blacks way of thinking, there was no sense in suffering the humiliation of public tongue-lashings and insults. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Youth and social approval allied themselves with me and we trammeled memories of slights and insults. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the little slights and the snide looks, as well as the insults some of the biggest jerks in the school spat at him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “He isn’t normal,” Emma said, grimacing as if this were the direst insult. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The insult stings like a slap to the face; Tao has never spoken to me that way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I hope not. If Muriel cures your brother, the fairies could interpret it as an insult.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She would have thought a question like that, which was almost an insult, would enrage the great creature beyond reason, and she wondered at Farder Coram’s courage in asking it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "It's the Lynx. Get it right, please. Do not insult her. She's sensitive." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her father jumped down from his horse, shook her until she came to, and shouted every insult known to man plus others he made up in the heat of the moment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When students moved away from me, hurling insults, she gave them a stern reprimand. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually I think the nickname’s been around for years. And I didn’t mean that as an insult. I’m just sharing information,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They not only spoke Japanese exclusively, they spoke a dialect peculiar to Kyushu, where their families had come from in Japan, a rough, fisherman’s language, full of oaths and insults. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The white judges, the intimidating police, the insulting drivers, and the crushing weight of all the years of custom and law were simply overwhelming. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “I’m not a baby,” Teddy shot back, clearly insulted. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He swallowed his insults, grinned, and stuck out his hand to Adeline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Would you be insulted if I took you to Old Navy?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z "But I can't insult her, imagine, our one chance in this country." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I could see the insult rising to her lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He always responded in English to her Igbo, as if he saw her speaking Igbo to him as an insult that he had to defend himself against by insistently speaking English. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I don’t think he had the faintest idea he’d just been insulted. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m more wonderful than wonderful, how dare you insult me.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Does he mean you?' Jessica asked with insulting astonishment in her voice. “Maybe he needs help with his Biology homework,” I muttered for her benefit. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He reacted to that insult, from his point of view, proportionately. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If only I could erase the Doctorita’s beatings and insults and keep the tender moments. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably a deadly insult to refuse something from a god, but I didn’t want anything that Ares had touched. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Adding insult to the blacks’ injury, Callahan promptly arrested the black man. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And I wouldn’t have stopped, either, if only Jasper Jr. hadn’t called me an exceptionally insulting name as we flew past. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The man explained about the insult, but the poor girl replied with a song: He is lying: I did not insult him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Certainly the black children did not take the insult too seriously, for the games between the two groups continued on the following Sunday, but for C.P. the world had changed instantly. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Between insults and fits of temper, I said I needed a year to heal myself; then perhaps I could return to their mad world to try to make sense of it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z You might say it about an elderly man in kind of an insulting way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He looked insulted, and the whole time, he didn’t show me his teeth or wag his tail once. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The guards, they use the name kongo for insult. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Others declared openly that it was an insult to the prince and to King Hamlet's memory. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was not going to have his mother insulted in this way, and the following day he arose early and flew to the highest tree that overlooked the fields of the new wife. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Hawk began reciting the last sentence Lincoln would ever hear, a series of corny insults that delighted the audience. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Historians of astronomy trade insults on the question of whether there are equants in Copernicus or not; the answer is that there are no equants, but there are mechanisms designed to replicate equants. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He says, “Oh, sorry. Didn’t mean that as an insult.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z |
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