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easily offended





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"The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told CBS News, with reference to prim, prudish or easily offended people.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

And let me establish something straightaway – I am not easily offended.

From Salon Jan. 13, 2024

None of Suga Free’s music is meant for the impressionable or easily offended.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2023

I’m not easily offended, but the tone of Kathleen Parker’s Sept. 15 op-ed, “A parade of politics, and tone-deafness,” was hard to let slide.

From Washington Post Oct. 1, 2021

J. is easily offended, bursts into tears at the slightest thing and, to top it all off, is a terrible show-off.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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