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

So I understand certain parts of the gay community being upset, but I’m Black, I’m a female, and I’m a comedian, and I’m not easily offended.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2021

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

Respondents were asked whether they thought people needed to change the way they talked to be with the times or whether this movement had gone too far and people were too easily offended.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2021

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