Sentence examples for risking offense from inspiring English sources

And it suffers from the familiar, crippling desire to be naughty without risking offense.

And unlike most style bibles, it delves into the business of fashion, even if that means risking offense to advertisers.

For a lot of women, the ability to avoid unwanted dates without risking offense or breaking social norms is an incredible relief.

It's a mighty queer gambit, and one that aligns Murphy with a subset of gay showrunners whom I've rarely seen lumped together in critical conversation, perhaps for fear of risking offense.

John Galliher will not risk offense by saying who his favorite guests are today.

Ultimately, when we hesitate to openly question beliefs because we don't want to risk offense, questioning itself becomes taboo.

Do I tell the truth and risk offense, or attribute my withdrawal to a busy schedule (or some other contrivance)?

The book also includes a dozen or so grainy newslike photographs that risk offense by appropriating the image of a body falling from the towers -- albeit a digitally simulated image -- for artistic gain.

But both teams went 2-3 down the stretch, and upstarts suddenly claimed the spotlight: the Cowboys with their running game, the Packers with their high-risk offense and defense, the Cardinals with their venerable quarterback and easy-bake schedule.

A Classical Theater of Harlem production directed by Mr. Preisser, this Caligula is an original work, not an adaptation of Camus, and like the company's 2003 hit production of Genet's "Blacks," the show makes resonant use of a generalized, shabby circus setting and interactions with the audience that deliberately risk offense.

The two continued to feud over the next several months in matches such as Street Fights (where the crowd chanted "please don't die" due to London's high risk offense), a Triple Threat match and a Gauntlet match.