How to Use insult in a Sentence

insult

1 of 2 verb
  • We were greatly insulted by his rudeness.
  • They're understandably insulted when no one asks for their opinion on a matter that affects them so much.
  • She felt they had insulted her by repeatedly ignoring her questions.
  • Trump has insulted both men about their weight.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t insult your brethren with a straight pull of Evan Williams.
    — John Clary Davies, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2022
  • But insult records and revenge songs go back to well before hip-hop.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • Jake and his girlfriend feel very insulted by this.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Turner managed to insult many with his shoot-from-the-lip style.
    — David Bauder, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • Trump would be foolish to insult the justices.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Late at night, the staff are known for insulting anyone brave enough to step up to the counter.
    — Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Anything goes, the same way a dear friend can insult your new shoes in a way that is funny, not mean.
    — Paula Throckmorton, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2021
  • With it, everyone wins and no one gets hurt or insulted.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The tour’s hypocrisy insults the fans and players who have been its core supporters.
    — WSJ, 15 June 2023
  • Let’s keep in mind the part about their intentions being good, and try not to insult them.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026
  • But 11 voters were allowed to insult him this way.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Someone stood up and insulted us.
    — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • That insulted many of the more intense genre-heads online.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025
  • To call it tinny is to insult the fine if mundane qualities of tin.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 20 July 2022
  • Shame on me for insulting a human being for doing their job.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 21 June 2026
  • She’s visibly insulted, feels used, and turns him down.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And then the government is insulting their son.
    — NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Yet all who do so will be condemned for insulting their opponents.
    — David Papineau, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Jews are harmed, and Christians are insulted.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a code of honor in tequila; no one publicly insults anyone else’s brand.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Miss Manners is not trying to insult you herself.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Even if their tastes differ from yours, true friends shouldn’t insult your honest self-expression.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Dont take seriously guys that need to insult or lie to get attention.
    — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Holmes insulted the man, throwing hundred-dollar bills at him.
    — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the case of Governor Pritzker insults his body, body shamed him.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Haslem said to overlook anyone would insult the Heat’s own attempt to climb to preferred heights.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2022

insult

2 of 2 noun
  • The fans hurled insults at the referee as he walked off the field after the game.
  • Their decision to cancel the project was an insult to all my hard work.
  • They got into a fight over a minor insult.
  • Then came the final insult for the child.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • King said the insult against the paramedics came without proof.
    — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Does that, in your mind, add extra insult?
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
  • That’s an insult with a check attached.
    — Josh Elliott, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
  • My favorite insult of all time.
    — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Brady shared he was taught from a young age that being called gay was an insult.
    — Ariana Brockington, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • To say that is an insult to the years of painful work my wife has done to save herself.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The costumes and stock insults tell me none of this is real.
    — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The blowout loss would’ve been enough agony, but there were injuries to match the insult.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • The very notion insults stupid.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • The same dismissals and insults.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This too is an insult to a great president.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Turns out, this is a term of endearment, not an insult.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • There are comic insults and lines of great beauty.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The pessimists will see the phrasing as an insult.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • That would be an insult to great presidents.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Which in this case, added special insult to injury.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • These are not mere rhetorical jabs and insults.
    — Douglas Rediker, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Suddenly, the bright lights felt like an insult.
    — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 12 May 2026
  • Jokes can offend, annoy, insult or fall flat.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This is an insult to our dead, to our history and to our nation.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Just calling her ugly is an insult with no humor around it.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Just putting Denver in that sentence is an insult.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Trump’s insults to Welker were, in this sense, something of a plot twist.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • The kids pummel Freeman with insults and boos.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • It can be used as an insult or to oppose the opinion of another.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Players on other teams called him every racial insult.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026

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