offend
Example Sentences
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Yet the majority treats Louisiana’s mapmaking choices that offend Section 2 as if they arrived unmarked by history.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Not to offend our Lone Star friends, but so far this is all hat and no cattle.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
It’s not that Shriver is trying to offend people or be contrarian.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 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
I certainly didn’t want to offend my seatmate by using the wrong fork.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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