Sentences with affronts

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Of all the affronts to democracy during the crisis of 1975, this was the most blatant.
This is a notion of ownership that affronts the idea of representative democracy that many politicians and other opinion leaders believe.
Or features a scene in which the group's naked sunbathing in the Jordanian desert affronts the sensibilities of prudish PLO guerrillas.
That may be harder after new revelations of affronts to the rule of law during the Bush years.
It affronts our cherished notions of academic excellence.
The affronts included demotions, denial of promotions and withdrawal of health insurance coverage.

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