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
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
“When people want to disparage anything about this damn town, I take offense to it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023
He seemed concerned that Mr. Pirzada might take offense if I accidentally referred to him as an Indian, though I could not really imagine Mr. Pirzada being offended by much of anything.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
