How to Use offend in a Sentence

offend

verb

• It offends me that you would make such a remark.
• Some people are offended by the song's lyrics.
• I felt a little offended by their lack of respect.
• I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.
• I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend.
• She had carefully worded her comments so as not to offend anyone.
• His comments about minority groups offended many of us.
• Don't worry. I wasn't offended.
• As the father of three young daughters, that offends me to my core.
  — Frank Larose, National Review, 7 Aug. 2023
• The left is too quick to want to silence those who offend or threaten them.
  — Suzanne Nossel, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
• To use, simply center the steel base over the offending weed, press the tool into the ground, lean the handle, and pull out the weed.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
• But Beatz didn’t seem too offended by Keys’s lack of love.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 8 May 2023
• But if my all-black wardrobe didn’t offend them, the somber monotone of my Spanish did.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• Only the Claudine Gays of the world profess to be offended by it.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
• Does your brother listen to the show and will now be offended?
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
• Yet you still might be offended if a spouse or a close friend forgets yours.
  — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
• That was enough to offend the gin salesman, who complained about the device’s buzzing noise.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• Fans were quick to wonder: Was Eilish offended by the lyric?
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
• Many kids hear the comment and are offended, but no one challenges him.
  — Phyllis Fagell, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• Things that offend the ethos of the modern open internet.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2023
• The offending planter will be sent to the town jail, where he’ll be forced to issue a formal apology and pay a fee.
  — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• In his opening monologue, Noah managed to offend no one and still amuse his guests.
  — Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
• She was imprisoned for six months in 1923, having been caught in the act of mailing the offending items.
  — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
• Both the offending soup and falafel products have been removed from shelves and destroyed.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• But is there a polite way to ask their name without offending them?
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 3 June 2023
• Just copy and paste the offending email address into the search bar and batch delete everything that pops up.
  — Boone Ashworth Lauren Goode, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2024
• If the cucumber seeds are a gloppy mess, slice the cucumbers in half lengthwise and scrape out the offending seeds with the spoon.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
• But some viewers who saw the clip assumed Roach was offended.
  — Clover Hope, ELLE, 23 Aug. 2023
• Agreed, especially since the people who use this insult the most seem to be the ones most offended by ...
  — Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2023
• Oh, for fox’s sake, please offend these monsters with gusto.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024