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
I think people look at me as being honest and so they’re not so easily offended when they come to see me.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023
Melnyk, in response, said Scholz was “playing an offended liverwurst” — a common insult in Germany for someone who is easily offended.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022
J. is easily offended, bursts into tears at the slightest thing and, to top it all off, is a terrible show-off.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
