Sentence examples for into offended from inspiring English sources

James's whole creative enterprise had been held up for ridicule, and, rather than retreating into offended silence, he came back fighting, not for a moment mislaying his perennial politeness but rising, nonetheless, to a famous declaration of intent.

What happened was this: the night previous, the two of them had just been introduced, and were enjoying each other's conversation for a few solid minutes, when, at a brief point in the chat where the words dried up for a second, my friend took a pause and asked the man, "So, what do you do?" The man flew into an offended rage, and chastised my friend for "having spent too much time in LA".

The power to punish for contempt can entail the sanction of direct imprisonment of the offender by the offended house.

Mr. Khalil has been threatened more times than he can count, briefly driven into exile and forced to sit waiting for hours in the offices of offended Syrian commanders.

"I was kind of offended," Wiese recalled of the encounter.

As our anecdotes of offended readers (thankfully) dwindled, Shriver stepped out to resounding applause.

That definition was scientifically precise but led to results that offended common sense.

Was Lululemon boycotted by a furious populace of offended women for bodyshaming them?

The photographs were stricken from curators' plans, as were other features that offended veterans.

"I apologize for everything I said that offended people," Shockey said.

The show so offended James Dyson, the museum's chairman, that it was a deciding factor in his resignation.