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
Vaughan denied the charges, insisting that she did not intend to be offensive to her opponent or to challenge their chosen identity, but wanted to understand if the rules were being followed.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Why would a striking Van Gogh landscape, “Field of Poppies,” be offensive?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025
Ducks are rendered so ill tasted from stuffing down garbage as sometimes to be offensive to the palate when cooked.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
