Example Sentences

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He was able to pull off this more fluid character who was offending Carter's sense of masculinity.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2023

He admitted during an episode of his podcast "The John Riggins Show" that he was in favor of a name change after he retired, seeing how the name was offending people.

From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2022

“And there’s someone out there who would be delighted to hear that it was offending someone who says, on his résumé, that he’s a senior critic at the Yale School of Art.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2020

“I literally had no idea that I was offending people,” the barbershop’s owner told a local TV station at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2020

She had turned her head away at first, yet not as if refusing to listen: but now from a sudden stiffening of her shoulders, he saw that he was offending.

From Hetty Wesley by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir