offended

Example Sentences

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"I almost get offended when people are accusing that because of the way the players have prepared for the game and the way they left the changing room," he said.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Spanish officials say they were offended that King Felipe VI was not invited.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Mr. Stuttard, an accomplished theater director, departs from this scholarship by staging these events as a Greek tragedy, where the hero—in this case, Pericles’ Athens itself—is brought low by divine forces offended by impiety.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

In one sentence he offended both the U.S. and Japan.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

Fortunately Zeus was not offended, because the two were pious, faithful worshipers of the gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton