take offense
Example Sentences
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Conflict-Averse Formalism: The second most common type of art in public, these works are most notable for being inoffensively pretty at a time when people can take offense at anything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Which would sort of make sense, if machines could actually take offense at anything.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2025
She had only just started wearing jeans, she told me with a shy look, afraid that he would take offense to such a digression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
But Flash said workers at the sites visited by Scabby shouldn’t take offense, since the rat is protesting against contractors and companies, not the workers themselves.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
He seemed to take offense at some condemnation he heard in my tone.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
