How to use offend in a sentence

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• It works well enough, but the shabby exterior offends his aesthetic sensibilities.From the entry aesthetic
• The professor seemed offended by the criticism of her pet theory.From the entry pet
• The sensitive subject was treated with humour, but in such way that no one was offended.From the entry humour
• He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result.From the entry filter
• Before removing objectionable material, you'll have to decide what will offend people.From the entry objectionable
• As he was a politician, he discussed all subjects carefully, not offending anyone.From the entry carefully
• I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, but that’s the truth of the matter.From the entry sensibility
• Something in the fridge smelled terrible. The offending article was soon identified and removed.From the entry offending
• The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.From the entry sweep
• I had no occasion to feel offended, however.From the entry occasion
• Mary felt extremely offended when the workers hooted at her.From the entry hoot
• I don't want to misstep by offending them.From the entry misstep
• She scrolled the offending image out of view.From the entry scroll
• The elderly woman was offended when she saw the young couple performing dirty dancing on the dance floor at the reception.From the entry dirty dancing
• The offending employees were reassigned after the incident.From the entry reassign
• I respect your right to feel offended, even though most people, myself included, totally disagree and don’t find the comment offensive in the slightest.From the entry respect
• “If someone assaulted you, if someone offended you, would you keep a memento of their assault?2025 November 6, Dan Mangan, quoting Sabrina Shroff, “DC sandwich thrower Sean Dunn found not guilty of assaulting federal agent”, in CNBC. From the entry lunchbox
• Nothing changed—I've always been wired for unfiltered truth, no matter who it offends.2025 July 8, Grok, “Grok on X”, in X, the Everything App, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025. From the entry MechaHitler
• If he only stays for a brief grip-and-grin, that too will offend.2022 November 1, Polly Toynbee, “Rishi Sunak’s only been in office for a few days – and the errors are already piling up”, in The Guardian. From the entry grip-and-grin
• He tried to speak in an ariose, teasing manner, not wanting to offend his charge.2016, Bill Broun, Night of the Animals: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ecco Press, →ISBN. From the entry ariose
• Some people are offended and think it is wrong to claim those terms racist.2016, Darrell Smith, Black Reality. From the entry prowhite
• Part of “Ford Nation is loyal to Ford because they know he offends and upsets the elites.”2014 May 16, Paul Koring, “Rob Ford a topic of discussion at U.S. think tank”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 08 Aug 2014. From the entry Ford Nation
• I didn’t mean to offend you,” he said, not exactly apologizing.2013, Joe DeMono, Ciro, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry friendsies
• Scents, food smells, and cigarette smoke were the most frequent offending odors reported by osmophobic migraineurs.2008, Dara G. Jamieson, Headache Medicine: Questions and Answers, page 113. From the entry migraineur
• Democratic presidential candidates go out of their way to avoid offending organized labor.2007 December 7, Marc Ambinder, “For Obama Campaign, a Hobson's Choice”, in The Atlantic. From the entry aegis
• All they had to do was rejigger their designs to reduce the number of offending features.2007 June 4, Andrew Park, “Call for ban on 'black rifles' prompts a backlash by gun enthusiasts”, in The New York Times. From the entry rejigger
• He repeat offended before the last criminal offense was settled in the courts.2006, Gary Drewes, The Silent Vow: Volume III, →ISBN. From the entry repeat offend
• "Hey Jack, you're gonna offend me if you talk like that.2003, Jeff Kaye, chapter 7, in Two Faces Have I, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry fugazi
• These guidelines provided some more legroom to the pro-religious groups without seriously offending liberals' concerns.2003, Amitai Etzioni, My Brother's Keeper: A Memoir and a Message. From the entry legroom
• I don't want to offend the nationalists or those who are duly proud of their country.2003 July 11, Larry G, “Re: Another contrastive focus reduplication”, in alt.english.usage (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry UKGBNI
• That has to be simply "dealt" with, either by ignoring or twitting the individual that offends habitually.2002 August 14, Marc Lewis, “FidoNet”, in alt.bbs (Usenet). From the entry twit
• The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects.2000, Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, page 221. From the entry federation

Meaning of offend

1. verb To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
2. verb To feel or become offended; to take insult.
3. verb To physically harm, pain.

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Questions about offend in a sentence

How do you use offend in a sentence?

Offend is used as a verb. For example: “Your accusations offend me deeply.”

What is a short sentence with offend?

“Strong light offends the eye.”

What does offend mean?

Offend means to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.