offended
Example Sentences
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She’s a little rain cloud of a person, dour and humorless, though perhaps rightly offended by being passed over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
How in the wild, wild west, the offended will ask, can Netflix appropriate/violate/denigrate such a classic?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Most people said they wouldn’t be offended, though some offered situations in which they would also feel confused.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
"My mother was not offended at all," daughter India wrote on Instagram.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Once, when a volunteer quit her post, Paul asked why the woman had left, and someone explained that she had been offended that Paul had not thanked her for her work.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
