Example sentences for: offended

How can you use “offended” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Paul Krugman replies: I'm sorry that Alan Tonelson's offended dignity has prevented him from actually taking on board the substantive arguments that I made in my article.

  • 10 per pack tax increase in the tobacco bill, originally all channeled to smoking-related programs, offended many Republicans as classic tax-and-spend, but Republican votes were picked up when the tax-cut provision was added.

  • Gee, I hope nobody got offended.

  • He criticizes the Brooklyn Museum for mounting the offensive exhibition in the first place, and he also is offended by the mayor's confrontational litigious position.

  • (It is beyond me, for example, why people in eastern Asia should be offended by the word orient , which is no more than a reference to the place where the sun rises.)


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