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Meanings of personal insult in English

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Usage of personal insult in English
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Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.
The Godfather
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Every man in the world felt that I was his personal insult.
Get Next!
3
She took a target's attempts to escape capture as a personal insult.
The unnatural inquirer
4
It was not less than a personal insult, which I deeply resented.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War
5
Peter, regarding this as a personal insult, demanded of Queen Anne satisfaction.
The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present T...
6
Some parents regard their kids' imperfections as a personal insult and react accordingly.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
7
The English had made Philip himself the object of personal insult.
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Wate...
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Nor do I make this decision out of any sense of personal insult.
Reuters
9
Lionel looked as if the loss of the pills was a personal insult.
Another part of the wood
10
To send me your clothes is a personal insult to myself.
The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal ...
11
She lacked tolerance for laziness, and she took disorder as a personal insult.
The irresistible henry house
12
Like Mary, he seemed to take the generous offer as a personal insult.
Sisters
13
Company, took Col. C's remarks as a personal insult, and demanded an explanation.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
14
The effect on her was to render happiness to other people a personal insult.
Chronicles of Avonlea
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I shall consider it a personal insult if you persist.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
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Again and again she had braved personal insult and wounding injustice as an atheist.
We Two: A Novel
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Personal insult through the time
Personal insult across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common