take amiss
Example Sentences
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George R. Tracy San Clemente, Calif. Not all vegetarians would take amiss John Leo's remark about their preverbal innocence.
From Time Magazine Archive
On my honour as a gentleman, I will never say another word that you can take amiss.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony
And the queer thing was that she did not take amiss my infatuation, especially when you consider that she was the enemy of every passion that could not be made directly subservient to our work….
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
Three more words about thee the world will still not take amiss from me!
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
This was one of those enigmas in which the Delphian oracle usually spoke, saying things with a double meaning, and which men were apt to take amiss.
From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
