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Example sentences for: offends

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But the defining characteristic of a therapeutic bill is its thrift: It doesn't increase the budget; it requires no new taxes; and it offends no special-interest group.
Well, they offends me too, especially when they appears in the lead essay of a book on style and usage and particularly when it are a book of this quality.
By extension, the mayor has the right to close down an art exhibit if it offends his sense of public decency.
I am not persuaded that a speaker who offends a hearer's sensibilities directly suffers loss of face: loss of face could come about only by some retaliatory action of the hearer's.
But perhaps because arguing offends his sense of politeness, he kept trying to change the subject when they did start scrapping.