take offense

Example Sentences

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Michael Burry had to resist his urge to take offense.

From Literature

Conflict-Averse Formalism: The second most common type of art in public, these works are most notable for being inoffensively pretty at a time when people can take offense at anything.

From The Wall Street Journal

Which would sort of make sense, if machines could actually take offense at anything.

From Slate

She had only just started wearing jeans, she told me with a shy look, afraid that he would take offense to such a digression.

From Los Angeles Times

They don’t take pride where it’s due and take offense too easily.

From New York Times