take as an insult
Example Sentences
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Most of the best things anyone’s ever said about Azoff are statements a man of less-bizarre spirit would take as an insult.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2020
The U.S. ambassador to Chile said that Pinochet might take as an insult any inference that he was connected with assassination plots.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2010
I am sure that that is a fair basis—" "On the contrary," said Montague, "it's a basis the suggestion of which I take as an insult.
From The Moneychangers by Sinclair, Upton
So what you might think is funny, somebody else might take as an insult.
From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
