Search Details

Word: insult (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Japanese Gentleman of the Old School there are two ways of avenging an insult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Such Vulgarity! | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

...Insult-in-Ordinary, repair to the doorstep of your Insulter, and there publicly jump up and down, holding your breath, until your face is purple with congested blood. The insulter's neighbors will not let him forget this rebuke in a hurry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Such Vulgarity! | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

...What a fearful insult and slander to Mary!" shouted the Rev. Sunday. "I resent this insult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Virgin Birth | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...take this as a personal insult. I have worked for the Republican Party for five years, and, if I may say so, have had some success in getting-out-the-vote. My husband, a Democrat, has failed utterly in trying to do the same for his party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

Exactly 1,888 years ago last week Caligula was assassinated for insult to a Praetorian tribune. He was only 29, but into the few years of his manhood he packed a rare amount of extravagance, cruelty, debauchery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Salvaging Caligula | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Next