take exception
Example Sentences
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She delivered a speech in Belfast which not even the most politically sensitive person, in a place where political sensitivity could be an Olympic sport, would take exception to.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
The EU is not Washington's only ally to take exception to the package, with South Korea also concerned its carmakers will not be eligible for the U.S. tax breaks.
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2023
Did Strathairn, then, take exception to his interview about the show even as he was giving it?
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
I take exception to Wanda’s belief that Darryl is too old to enroll in rock school in the Jan. 14 “Baby Blues” comic.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022
I for one desire to protest and take exception against some of the editorials which appear in the papers—especially in the New York A—— and S——.
From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Thomas Mott Osborne
