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
Why should my shepherd take amiss, That oft I wake thee with a kiss?
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst
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
On my honour as a gentleman, I will never say another word that you can take amiss.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony
And the queer thing was that she did not take amiss my infatuation, especially when you consider that she was the enemy of every passion that could not be made directly subservient to our work….
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
