How to Use insulting in a Sentence

insulting

adjective
  • Perkins said the drink bore the insulting message.
    — Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Pratt came in with an insulting offer and needed to be pushed.
    — Heather Merrick, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
  • But as hazardous as that sounds, too large is not nearly as insulting as too small.
    — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Altman seems to find the question insulting.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Those were found to be both abusive and insulting, and included a reference to colour or race.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Many researchers cite those exact words as insulting or wrong when asked about their own terminations.
    — Stat Staff, STAT, 29 Dec. 2025
  • To educate all of them in similar ways is insulting, and silly.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • While their insulting jabs at each other make for good laughs, their arc as teammates learning to work together is what gives the film its heart.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Using those who serve in uniform as political props is insulting.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • With two toddlers and a 10-hour workday for her husband, the advice was more insulting than helpful.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The whole thing feels redundant and borderline insulting.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What Florence has been doing is consistent and insulting.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
  • The discontent was more widespread, more vociferous and more insulting this time.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The fourth-year coach is having none of it, dismissing outside opinions as irrelevant and insulting.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
  • With all of the furor over the halftime show, perhaps no one noticed two highly insulting events that directly affected the deaf audience.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Adjusted for inflation, the math works out somewhere between grim and insulting as the danger escalates for the series’ cast but the reward barely keeps pace.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Survivors rejected the offer, calling it insulting.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The mayor at the time, Dean Koldenhoven, vetoed the buyout, calling it insulting to Muslims.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • For filmmakers who view their individual work as the center of gravity, this can sit somewhere between confusing and insulting.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Considering there were only 33 appearances this past season, such Heat prudence hardly could be viewed as insulting.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026
  • Payton finds the implication insulting.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
  • These character endnotes, whether they’re read as youthful naiveté or an insulting interpretation of youthful naiveté, contribute to the finale’s bitter aftertaste.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
  • The comments were not well received, with locals telling BBC Scotland News that the description was insulting and did not reflect the people in the area.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 24 May 2026
  • Mimicking the president's style on social media, the governor has posted in all caps and employed insulting nicknames for political opponents.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But to compare them with Thomas Jefferson or American soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy is absurd and more than a little insulting.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Drawing parallels between this unpopular war and World War II is ludicrous and insulting.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In a February 2025 meeting, Grimes made profane and insulting comments to another Uber lawyer, the filing said.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
  • The New York Times last week reported about his relationships with previous girlfriends, some of whom viewed him positively and others who described him as volatile and insulting.
    — ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • Those found guilty of criticizing, insulting, defaming or threatening the king, queen, or heir apparent can be jailed for between three and 15 years for each count, with some sentences stretching to 50 years.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Yet a much more reputable but equally insulting theory about Easter Island has remained influential, even dominant, Pitts argues.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

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