The slightest insult offered in a foreign country to the rights and dignity of France put Napoleon beside himself.

Problems fester, and then the slightest insult or missed meeting dissolves the strongest of bonds.

His brother was predictable in that respect, had been from childhood, when the slightest insult prompted him to sudden, brutal violence.

I beg you most earnestly to accept that I intended not the slightest insult.

I was on my guard, ready to take offence at the slightest insult or remark derogatory to me or to India, whether imagined or real.

They were known to wipe out entire villages for so slight an insult as calling someone a derogatory name.

Should he offer me the slightest insult, or treat me as anything less than his honored sister, his claim is proved a lie.

Jay defended Stacy's honor vi orously, and any insult, however slight, merited e immediate retaliation.

The old man was a vengeful person who would never forget even the slightest insult.

The tort is clearly not intended to provide legal redress for every slight insult or indignity that one must endure.