Slights

As his wedding day approached, the slights built up in his mind.

It was meant for old card-playing guys who watched the slights in each other’s eyes as they puffed on cigars.

Legislating is not seen as a tool for bettering the plight of the American people but rather an opportunity to troll Democrats and play to the perceived slights of the party’s rank-and-file supporters.

Clark, who is effectively playing a second consecutive season in her WNBA rookie year after completing her collegiate career in April, has repeatedly taken the high road amid a barrage of verbal and physical slights on and off the court.

However some supporters still recall Mbappe’s snub and perceived slights since.

In the West, feminist discourse finds itself detached from real danger, focusing on microaggressions and perceived slights.

I think that it was part of Kamala Harris’ approach to race and gender from the beginning: prove that you belong where you are, let the slights fall off your back, push forward.

Some have accused Diddy of hiring gang members to take Tupac out in retaliation for perceived slights and the infamous East Coast-West Coast beef, which escalated into personal attacks between Tupac and Biggie.

Every year, it should be to find grievous blunders, to recognize obvious oversights and thinly veiled or outright slights.

Here, the slights are likely to be more veiled and subtler.

Letting go of slights became easier as Lue’s career went on, but those close to him still hear everything.

That’s not empty talk: China has a record of directing boycotts over what it sees as political slights by other countries, from South Korea’s 2017 to use a U.S. missile defense system to the awarding of the 2010 to a Chinese dissident.

They can be extremely sensitive, reacting wildly to the slightest disagreements, criticisms or perceived slights.

Upset over real or imagined slights, he offered his resignation on September 27. While Liman von Sanders attempted to smooth over matters, Kemal remained unpersuaded.

At work, your main problem may be anger or irritation over past slights or hurts.

Authorities have not ascertained his motive, although Jason Nixon and others consider him a disgruntled employee seeking revenge for perceived slights at work.

Ever since anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong turned violent this summer, China’s celebrity-obsessed young generation have patrolled Facebook, Twitter and Weibo, ready to pounce on perceived slights and defend their motherland.

He flared at perceived personal slights when they came from Senator John McCain, and he does so when they come from the Prime Minister of Denmark.

I’d fall asleep easily at my usual bedtime, then find myself literally wrenched into furious consciousness in the early hours and spend the rest of the night fretting about everything from world conflicts to historical slights.

The picture that emerges is one of a president whose thinking isn’t grounded in reality and is instead fixated on unimportant things like crowd sizes at his rallies and perceived slights.