Sentence examples for almost offended from inspiring English sources

The phrase "almost offended" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a feeling of being close to being offended but not fully experiencing that emotion.
Example: "When he made that joke about my work, I was almost offended, but I knew he didn't mean any harm."
Alternatives: "nearly offended" or "borderline offended".

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He seemed almost offended.

Allfrey looks almost offended.

He looked almost offended.

He looks startled, almost offended.

At the suggestion that the project might have been faked, Mr. Harris seemed almost offended.

"And I really was almost offended," he says, still sounding it.

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It almost offends my pride as a U.S. scientist that we've fallen down so badly in this competition.

So why the "bad boys" rap? "I don't know," says Slash. "Because we drink and do whatever, and we're just basically real people to the point that I think it almost offends other people".

Barred by term limits from running for governor again, Mr. Schwarzenegger said he had no intention to run for the United States Senate, as previously rumored; indeed the mere mention of the office in an interview here seemed almost to offend him.

With the Spanish civil war as its main backdrop, the narrative is an uneasy, sometimes awkward, merging of fact and fiction, and will almost certainly offend the many guardians of both Capa and Taro's reputations just as it will no doubt entrance the mainstream cinema-going audience should it be made into a Hollywood film.

Warning: This will almost certainly offend some people – so if you're one of those people, don't watch.

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