Sentence examples for it caused offense from inspiring English sources

In a subsequent statement after more women reported similar stories, he attributed his behavior to "my unusual sense of humor," apologizing that it "caused offense or made anyone uncomfortable". .

Gregor Jordan completed the film before September 11 , 2001 and Miramax bought it on September 10th, since when, lest it cause offense, it has been biding its time on the shelf.

It has certainly been the practice of most societies, even liberal-democratic ones, to impose some paternalistic restrictions on behavior and to limit speech because it causes offense.

The discussion moves on from the harm principle to assess the argument that speech can be limited because it causes offense rather than direct harm.

If they're saying that it causes offense to the ordinary person, the facts of the case don't back that up".

"Princess Michael is very sorry and distressed that it has caused offense," the statement read.

A spokeswoman later apologized on behalf of the princess, saying "Princess Michael is very sorry and distressed that it has caused offense".

Meanwhile, Neal Foster, the actor-manager of another Birmingham-based troupe, the Birmingham Stage Company, proposed that theaters throughout Britain stage readings of the play "to give the Sikh community a chance to discuss with the artistic community what it is that has caused offense so there can be more understanding on this difficult issue".

Sportsmen and politicians aren't the only public figures who have caused offense by the oblivious sporting of radically offensive outfits in the name of fun.

It was a characteristically blunt quip from a man who, throughout his Presidency, spoke his mind, and invariably caused offense.

Mortified to have caused offense.