take exception to
Example Sentences
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She delivered a speech in Belfast which not even the most politically sensitive person, in a place where political sensitivity could be an Olympic sport, would take exception to.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
The EU is not Washington's only ally to take exception to the package, with South Korea also concerned its carmakers will not be eligible for the U.S. tax breaks.
From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2023
Did Strathairn, then, take exception to his interview about the show even as he was giving it?
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2022
The opposing insurers also take exception to the trust distribution procedures, or TDPs, for evaluating and paying claims, and the findings that the BSA and plan supporters are asking the judge to make.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022
In the Palace-gardens there is even a greater stillness than that about the courts, and here nothing of the West, unless a critical soul might take exception to the lamp-posts.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
