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.
• If the sight of nude dolls offends you, go ahead and close this story.
  — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 28 Jan. 2020
• When the judge is stepped on by a party, that offends the jurors.
  — David E. Clementson, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
• 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
• With Colby in harm's way, Carter runs out of the stall, grabs the shotgun, and deals with the offending horse.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
• The first person that asked me, I was so offended by that sh—t.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 26 July 2024
• 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
• But according to Brady, the kids were offended just the same.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
• 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
• The full video of the town hall in this tweet includes the explicit language, which may offend some.
  — Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2022
• Anyone offended by an f-bomb—or dozens of them—might want to give this one a skip.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
• Yet you still might be offended if a spouse or a close friend forgets yours.
  — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
• Pattis did, in his statement, say that his words were meant to offend.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2022
• Luke pointed across the clear waters to where ships were sometimes steered so the smell wouldn't offend whites.
  — USA Today, 17 Dec. 2019
• No one has a right to maim or kill someone because our words offend them.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022
• Many re-offend again and again helped by people in their lives who have been hoodwinked.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2022
• Is Caviezel worried that the film might offend Muslims?
  — John Loftus, National Review, 15 Sep. 2020
• Opponents of name changes for ethical reasons argue that any name or word can potentially offend someone and that the meanings of words change over time.
  — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Dec. 2024
• The cartoon images deeply offended many Muslims, who saw them as sacrilegious.
  — Tom Nouvian and Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025