Between him and the man across from him swam spots of red; then words came with a coldly Affronting yet quiet ferocity: "I am not surprised, but I've done what decency demanded.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
The Assyrian conquerors had stiffened their backs in Egypt to save Affronting the gods of their fatherland; but the Ptolemies, like the Persians, made no such mistake, and had three centuries of secure rule for their reward.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
Then she has such a way of Affronting, that curse me if she does not look as if she were doing me a favour: nay and, while she is present, I myself actually think she is; and, if vexation did not come to my relief, I believe I should so continue to think.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft