Example Sentences

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"I am not ashamed of it, I can tell you," said Kate, in a half-offended tone.

From Kate's Ordeal by Leslie, Emma

She lifted her head with a gesture of half-offended surprise.

From The Gadfly by Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian)

There was such sorrowful apprehension in his words that Gabrielle looked up half-frightened, half-offended.

From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

With a like feeling those who have hardly any sense of humour are half-offended when others laugh, while they seem to be shut out for not perceiving any cause.

From Fated to Be Free by Ingelow, Jean

"Well, how is it done then?" said the other, with a half-offended, half-supercilious air.

From Stories of Comedy by Johnson, Rossiter