take amiss
Example Sentences
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George R. Tracy San Clemente, Calif. Not all vegetarians would take amiss John Leo's remark about their preverbal innocence.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will not take amiss what I have said, as it arises from no personal ill-feeling towards you.”
From The Ferryman of Brill and other stories by Kingston, William Henry Giles
He certainly will not take amiss my sending him the part.
From Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 by Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von
If you think the Dutch would take amiss our not applying to them, I will join you in the application.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
Strangely enough, it did not occur to the young scientist to take amiss the jokes that Doctor Wilhelm and the others aimed at him on that account.
From Atlantis by Seltzer, Adele Szold
