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.
• And this doesn't even offend me.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
• What are the things that would offend them, that would change their view of him?
  — Cody Delistraty, Longreads, 11 Sep. 2017
• Will they be offended and shun us?
  — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
• If that language offends you — come on.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
• Not just people who offend their fans.
  — Leah Donnella, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
• If the sight of nude dolls offends you, go ahead and close this story.
  — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 28 Jan. 2020
• Perhaps that, too, will offend some folks.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
• Don’t look you might be offended!
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
• He was offended to be asked to step aside for the Democrats.
  — Richard Hall, Time, 16 Nov. 2025
• No one should be offended at the mention of this.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
• When the judge is stepped on by a party, that offends the jurors.
  — David E. Clementson, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
• No one has a right to maim or kill someone because our words offend them.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022
• 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
• One that doesn’t offend anyone.
  — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
• Yet you still might be offended if a spouse or a close friend forgets yours.
  — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
• My mother-in-law was very hurt and offended, and that sealed it.
  — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
• Pattis did, in his statement, say that his words were meant to offend.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2022
• Wrap it in a thin cloth and set it on the offending spot for three to four minutes.
  — Sarah Wu, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2020
• No need for anyone to be offended here.
  — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
• These are just day players, but they were offended.
  — Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Many re-offend again and again helped by people in their lives who have been hoodwinked.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2022