Examples of 'took offence' in a sentence
Meaning of "took offence"
took offence - This phrase means that someone felt insulted, hurt, or upset by something that was said or done. It indicates a reaction to a perceived slight or disrespectful behavior
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took offence
The people on the ground took offence.
Tom took offence at that too.
We were overly sensitive and took offence.
Time took offence to our performance.
He might have took offence.
He took offence and promptly canceled our appointment.
The two legal gentlemen took offence at this audacious attempt to.
I took offence to the last question.
The republican party in the House took offence.
Mouamar took offence to the email.
McGowan later apologised to anyone who took offence to the remark.
That he took offence was his right.
Media regulator Ofcom received a complaint from a viewer who took offence at two episodes involving smoking.
She took offence at my word.
It is clear that many indigenous Fijians took offence at the ethnic generalisations.
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He took offence at her.
I think Crembo took offence.
I never took offence by it or nothin.
The Ministers took offence.
Roger II took offence and refused to participate any longer.
A few months ago New Yorker Zebra Katz took offence to it in this very magazine.
Beethoven took offence and thought that Haydn was just plain jealous.
As a result, the people took offence at him.
Several Bulldogs fans took offence and as a result he was charged for offensive behaviour.
And believe me, if at least one of them took offence.
Montezuma took offence at that.
One of the officers reportedly made a racist remark, to which José Etienne took offence.
Boyd took offence.
He bought houses, timber ; but he took offence easily.
They took offence.
When the book was published, however, she took offence.
You took offence.
Hopefully, nobody took offence.
I am sorry I took offence at your dislike of the.
Where did he get all this? " 57 And so they took offence at him.
An activist Anil Nair took offence and filed a case against the couple.
Cook took offence at the Viceroy 's suspicious attitude.
That is the reason I took offence to his comments.
He took offence and, as a reprisal, he requested that the Prefect forbid dancing on Sundays.
Sykes, who battles Asperger syndrome, reportedly took offence at being pricked with a pin by Callaway.
Once you took offence because I hid the fact that I wear glasses from you!
Um, sorry if anyone took offence to the, uh.
She took offence and twatted him!
But he-he liked fun ; and never took offence when none was meant.
I never took offence by it or nothin ' . Not even your own fuckin ' family.
Cameron remembers, "He took offence to that.
I'm sorry I took offence of this slight of.
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