We apologize to our readers for thus aiding the designs of cunning publicity-seekers, but there is no other way to make clear to the public the gross affront to decency which has been perpetrated, and the further affronts which are being planned.
"They Call Me Carpenter"
Upton Sinclair
Her words were strong, but she did not really look affronted; and it is hard to tell what sort of liberty it is that affronts a woman.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
You have insulted a lone girl in her home, outraged the roof whence she never issued save to serve you, and taught her to believe that the taunts your enemies cast upon you, and which she once took as personal affronts to herself, that they are just and true, and as less than you merited.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever