take offense

Example Sentences

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Robert and I enjoy comparing notes, but we don’t take offense or try to read some deeper meaning into these episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

She had only just started wearing jeans, she told me with a shy look, afraid that he would take offense to such a digression.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

But Green’s frustration subsided when he said on his podcast Monday that he saw the comments “through the right mindset, through the right lens” and decided not to take offense.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024

“I take offense to the chairman pointing out all CEOs are corrupt because they’re millionaires,” he bellowed at Sanders, though this was not even close to anything Sanders had said.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2023

He seemed to take offense at some condemnation he heard in my tone.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover