offended
Example Sentences
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They cheered the offended James into a lather.
From Los Angeles Times
“The people I offended were minorities with no sense of humor, I fear,” he said.
From New York Times
She’s offended that he thinks she’s a murderer and fails to see that she might finally have a weirdo who matches her, a bestie who’s even more sympathetic than Crystal, may she rest in peace.
From New York Times
“He offended people right and left, making as much of an art out of the cutting aside as the perfectly cut double-face gown,” New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman wrote soon after Lagerfeld’s death.
From Seattle Times
The UK government defines it as "behaviour that makes someone feel intimidated or offended".
From BBC
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