Sentence examples for not to take offense from inspiring English sources
Both men laughed, and in the end, the mayor seemed not to take offense.
"I realize you don't want your kids to play with my kids in the public playground, and I try very hard not to take offense," he said.
Mr. Putin, who is often quick with a retort when criticized, seemed to go out of his way on Friday not to take offense at Mr. Obama's comment.
Numb as I have admittedly become to Trump's usual rhetoric, it was tough not to take offense at the suggestion that soldiers stole reconstruction money.
The other side of this, of course, is that the visitor ought to accept that cultural signals differ — it is part of being a good guest not to take offense.
At the charge that he was a "far-right radical," Loucks did not seem to take offense.
Mr. Karzai did not seem to take offense, displaying what appeared to be an astute understanding of campaigning in a democratic country.
Curry did not seem to take offense to Thomas's comments, or to the benching, but he insisted he could still become a complete player.
But why are Native Americans not supposed to take offense to the term "redskins?" Especially when there is no team named whiteskins, yellowskins, blackskins?
For their part, the lawmakers did not seem to take offense at Mr. Levy's criticisms of a public school system that, he repeatedly said, was critically underfunded.
