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
And let me establish something straightaway – I am not easily offended.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 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
In his father’s presence, he was easily offended.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
