Definitions
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
offend .
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Examples
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Lieberman says that it's not honest and that it actually hurts our relationship with the Islamic world, and thinks that removing the term offends moderate Muslims.
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Lieberman says that it's not honest and that it actually hurts our relationship with the Islamic world, and thinks that removing the term offends moderate Muslims.
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One of the devices for avoiding its consequences is the use of sex itself as an adjective, as when we speak of sex problems; but the special importance of this case is in regard to the sexual instinct, or, if the term offends the reader, let us say the sex instinct.
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The point here is that if a label offends you, perhaps you should stop to check and see if that label was really meant to apply to you before you fly off the handle.
The Moderate Voice 2009
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The point here is that if a label offends you, perhaps you should stop to check and see if that label was really meant to apply to you before you fly off the handle.
The Moderate Voice 2009
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All that offends is me is that these grown women would have such horrible taste.
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Ignorance of Sarah Palin offends anyone who is educated, it's an insult to the intellectual world, american intelligence.
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If we walked in the light, we would EXPECT this to be the outcome of every comparable situation, and be shocked when it ISN'T. My only response to those people who this video shocks or offends is this: I worked as a firefighter/paramedic for many years in a big American city.
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Ho, ho, ho: The end of racism and sexism yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Ho, ho, ho: The end of racism and sexism'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: If a word offends you or anyone you know, ban it.'
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For a Jew, the Torah is the whole story; the phrase offends some Jews because it implies that without Jesus, they are incomplete or imperfect.
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