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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
of·fen·sive
[
uh
-
fen
-siv
or, for 4, 5,
aw
-fen-
,
of
-en-
]
/
əˈfɛn
sɪv
or, for 4, 5,
ˈɔ
fɛn-
,
ˈɒf
ɛn-
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
offensive
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
There is something particularly
offensive
to me in the forging of academic credentials.
Some of these statements can be
offensive
to the faculty or students who view them.
Drink and womanising destroyed his two marriages and landed him in court for
offensive
behaviour.
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There is something particularly
offensive
to me in the forging of academic credentials.
Some of these statements can be
offensive
to the faculty or students who view them.
Drink and womanising destroyed his two marriages and landed him in court for
offensive
behaviour.
To offset all this, the industry needs a charm
offensive
.
He nevertheless finished the practice and joined his fellow
offensive
linemen for post-practice conditioning.
Months after the carefully planned
offensive
here, large areas of terrain are not fully cleared.
Testing for diseases has a real social benefit, but testing pre-schoolers to find out if they have the right stuff is
offensive
.
Of course, the arts needn't be
offensive
nor difficult to understand.
Clearly it was time for preservationists to take the
offensive
.
The city has a miasmic, sweetly
offensive
odor impregnable to the monsoon or to the daily industrial pollution.
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