Sentence examples for a common offensive from inspiring English sources

"To use such a common offensive term, it almost lowers him down to the level of the folks he's wagging his finger at".

I think probably the common offensive thing to me is when people look at my belly and ask me when I'm going to have another.

A Conservative MP who attended a stag party where guests dressed as Nazis has been sacked as a Commons aide for "offensive" behaviour and placed under investigation by David Cameron.

A common theme is that potentially offensive weapons like aircraft carriers, antiship missiles and stealth fighters are needed to enforce claims to Taiwan, should leaders there seek legal independence from the mainland.

On April 19, 2000, in a home game against the Vancouver Grizzlies, Barkley scored a memorable basket on an offensive rebound and putback, a common trademark during his career.

"I think we can manage to arrive at a common view, both in the context of strategic offensive weapons and missile defense," he said.

It's even more unclear, then, why Lee's use of a common term for "young white people in Brooklyn" is so offensive.

Around the same time, offensive comments began to appear on a staff calendar in a common work area.

I asked Susannah what she found offensive, and what she was relaxed about: "The word 'mental' was a common playground taunt when I was at school.

May's decision to comply with the ruling comes despite David Cameron describing it as "completely offensive" during a Commons row over human rights legislation in February.

Later it became common for offensive linemen to pick up blitzing linebackers.