offends

Example Sentences

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For many people, a lawn with leaves unblown or unraked offends their sensibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

But discomfort lives in the shadows: in the quiet space between conscience and control, between what offends and what erases.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2025

At the very least, that's not something that offends people.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

“People, and particularly women, tend to kvetch and converse and complain about what offends them, and then they vote according to what affects them,” she said.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024

It’s only the more recent history that offends them.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood