calculated insult

Examples (20)

• His comment was a calculated insult designed to undermine her authority.
• His remark was a calculated insult, designed to provoke a reaction.
• Do you think her 'friendly advice' was actually a calculated insult?
• She considered his cold silence a calculated insult after their argument.
• She delivered the calculated insult with a sweet smile, which made it even more painful.
• The manager's public criticism felt like a calculated insult to his team.
• The diplomat's remark was widely seen as a calculated insult to the host nation.
• It was a calculated insult, delivered with a smile to hide its malice.
• Ignoring his outstretched hand was a calculated insult.
• The artist viewed the critic's dismissive review as a personal and calculated insult.
• The article was full of calculated insults aimed at the artist's new work.
• He deliberately ignored her, a clear calculated insult in front of everyone.
• I recognized it as a calculated insult the moment he said it.
• Such a precise and cutting comment could only be a calculated insult.
• The lawyer argued that the defendant's statement was a calculated insult, intended to provoke a reaction.
• They suspected the leak was a calculated insult from their rivals.
• What seemed like a simple joke was, in fact, a carefully calculated insult referencing his past failures.
• The seemingly casual remark was actually a carefully planned, calculated insult.
• A calculated insult often says more about the person giving it than the one receiving it.
• To refuse his invitation so publicly was a blatant calculated insult.