offend
Example Sentences
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He doesn’t mean to offend, though other people’s feelings are a luxury he has never been able to afford.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
He doesn’t seek to offend, and his despisers on the right fault him for it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
She’s over wasting time plucking chin hairs, searching for brain fog-induced lost reading glasses and — most of all — withholding her opinions so as not to offend others.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
That arrogance doesn’t just offend the lower courts’ egos—it undercuts the work they see as their duty, especially the careful establishment of facts.
From Slate • Oct. 20, 2025
His boss cited “budgetary problems” for the dismissal, but the reality was that Rand often worked directly for the Pentagon, and Rand bosses were reluctant to offend their employers.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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