Slights Sentence Examples

This fact, however, together with some slights put upon him at the peace of 1697, led him to look with less favour upon imperial interests.

For the bully, these perceived slights serve as justification for aggressive behavior.

It's a mistake to dwell on animosity or perceived wrongs and slights associated with any past life search.

A further encroachment on British territory in Sikkim was made by Tibetans, and various other slights were offered.

He could, never forgive Gustavus for having forestalled the revolution, and his morbidly irritable and suspicious temper saw slights and insults in the most innocent conjunctures.

As the English phrase "running amok" implies, the syndrome is characterized by sudden outbursts of indiscriminate aggression or murderous rage that are completely unprovoked or that are triggered by trivial slights.