offend

Example Sentences

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He doesn’t mean to offend, though other people’s feelings are a luxury he has never been able to afford.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

She’s over wasting time plucking chin hairs, searching for brain fog-induced lost reading glasses and — most of all — withholding her opinions so as not to offend others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

“Peter Thomas has a very soothing voice and they’re drawn to it. As a filmmaker and producer, I understand how it works. It doesn’t offend me in the slightest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

In response, Biancini said that he didn't mean to offend anyone, and admitted that his council had "made a mistake".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

They did as they were told, partly because they didn’t want to offend any guard or even attract his attention and partly because the crowd made them.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg