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.
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I am sure I ought not to take amiss anything you say to me when you thus mistrust your own father.
From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold
Do not take amiss my telling you this—I do so from the best of motives.
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold
Let no one take amiss the frequent entries marked "cider."
From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher
Young gentleman," said he at last, "before we man the windlass I have to beg you'll not take amiss any questions I may put.
From A Marriage at Sea by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)