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takes umbrage
verb
Third person singular of take umbrage
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Alistair takes umbrage.
The First Lady takes umbrage and gets up to leave.
Instead, in these pages, the now retired general takes umbrage.
Jamal takes umbrage whenever he hears himself disdainfully referred to as "the Moor".
He takes umbrage, at this more than anything else I've asked.
Mr. Mitchell takes umbrage at the notion he is beholden to Mr. Eisner.
The Republican leadership takes umbrage at the suggestion that the prostate screening bill reveals gender bias.
When Lisa tactfully suggests that his behavior was distracting, he takes umbrage.
(Not surprisingly, Ms. Weiss takes umbrage at the idea that "Morning Edition" has become static).
When someone suggests a concept album to Anya, she takes umbrage: "That is a really, really terrible idea, man.
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These cartoonists took umbrage.
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