take exception
Example Sentences
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She delivered a speech in Belfast which not even the most politically sensitive person, in a place where political sensitivity could be an Olympic sport, would take exception to.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
The EU is not Washington's only ally to take exception to the package, with South Korea also concerned its carmakers will not be eligible for the U.S. tax breaks.
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2023
Did Strathairn, then, take exception to his interview about the show even as he was giving it?
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
And then Escobar seemed to take exception to the aggressiveness, which would be the second time this season the Giants were part of an “unwritten rules” spat.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
But I want to take exception to the insinuation that Mr. Osborne’s stay was made any softer by the fact that the editor of his paper is Warden of Auburn Prison.
From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Thomas Mott Osborne
