Sentence examples for Give offense from inspiring English sources

hesitant to give offense?

To the contrary, it will only give offense and alienate".

The whole point of being a good host is not to give offense.

Great effort is made not to give offense to any party.

Otherwise, your cleaning-lady act may imply filth and give offense.

There is no way to scour the country every other year and not give offense.

But Mr. Scrushy is also noted for a brusque style that can easily give offense.

But to this crowd Mr. Lee's lasciviousness did not give offense.

Artistic merits aside, one never knows when public art is going to give offense.

Mr. Dennett understands, too, that iconoclasm, with its lack of deference, can also give offense.

His anxiety about giving offense to Latinos has itself become offensive — a classic high-minded blunder.