offensive

Example Sentences

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“What an outrageous and offensive insult that Chad just made to every legal immigrant in this state and in this country,” Hilton fumed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Takeshita said the tech firms were "very cooperative" but admitted their view of which posts were offensive did not always match up.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The values of the so-called Anzac spirit - famously traced to a doomed offensive carried out by Australian troops at Gallipoli, Turkey, in World War One - are embedded in Australia's sense of national identity.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Tuesday and jumped into offensive mode, coordinating roof ventilation, fire suppression and salvage operations on the third floor, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

To the north, German armies were retreating along the old Somme battlefield, abandoning land they had captured when starting their last-ditch offensive earlier that year.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman