take offense
Example Sentences
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Robert and I enjoy comparing notes, but we don’t take offense or try to read some deeper meaning into these episodes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Which would sort of make sense, if machines could actually take offense at anything.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2025
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 • Jan. 7, 2025
But Flash said workers at the sites visited by Scabby shouldn’t take offense, since the rat is protesting against contractors and companies, not the workers themselves.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023
“They’re remarkably comfortable, ma’am,” I asserted, trying not to take offense at her clear disdain for my favored footwear.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
