be offensive
Example Sentences
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Yet the BBC did catch and remove a remark by “My Father’s Shadow” director Akinola Davies Jr. that it found to be offensive.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
He said that if he and his team had felt the campaign would be offensive in that way, “we never would’ve done it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
The Booker-winning novelist has previously expressed his opposition to "sensitivity readers", the practice of hiring someone to read a manuscript before its publication in order to point out things that might be offensive to readers.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
Spectrum WT sued, arguing that drag wasn’t designed to be offensive and portraying it as a celebration of many things, including “queerness, gender, acceptance, love and especially femininity.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
The latter said, pleasantly: "I don't suppose you meant to be offensive, Sprowl; you simply can't help it; can you?"
From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
