Sentence examples for offence was taken from inspiring English sources
Convenient offence was taken.
"I didn't mean to cause offence," he says, "but offence was taken because it's feminine, vaginal".
And major offence was taken at the topless frolicking itself, not its subsequent depiction in the media.
Townsend has since taken to Twitter to stress no offence was taken, though the word "monkey" can certainly have racist connotations.
He said well-funded lobbying organisations acting on behalf of groups, such as Travellers, could move in to act on behalf of the entire group if offence was taken in relation to an article about an individual.
Jeremy Clarkson has prompted the occasional outrage in the past but the Top Gear presenter's latest controversy appears to be of the subliminal variety after offence was taken at the number plate on his car while driving through Argentina.
Reassurance, like offence, is taken, not given.
He puffs out his chest in a comic pose of Offence Being Taken.
In a world in which offence is taken often, either reasonably or not, the Goldwater rule is not about offensiveness, but ethics.
The white, middle-class good burghers of Edinburgh can look after themselves, but when offence is taken by the underdog those feelings are valued more highly.
