Example Sentences

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That number offends many people because they assume wealth must have been taken from someone else.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

What also offends him is that marginalised communities are only talked about as statistics.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

At the very least, that's not something that offends people.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

Right now, platforms can take down vile and harmful content when it offends their terms of service.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2023

“The slightest air of disbelief offends it, naturally. How would you feel if people refused to believe in you?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson