easily offended

Example Sentences

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"The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told CBS News, with reference to prim, prudish or easily offended people.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

“I'm sorry, people are too easily offended now! If you don’t like a joke, don’t laugh!” she bellows.

From Salon • May 24, 2024

As popular as it’s been across the decades, Brooks’ work, on its low or high end, isn’t for everyone; the easily offended need not apply.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2023

I’m not easily offended, but the tone of Kathleen Parker’s Sept. 15 op-ed, “A parade of politics, and tone-deafness,” was hard to let slide.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021

In his father’s presence, he was easily offended.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini