Sentence examples for things that offend from inspiring English sources

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We see and hear things that offend us every day.

The stereotype can be overdone, but millennials do seem broadly more anxious not to give offence, and more confident in challenging things that offend them, than their elders.

"Such as journalists and academics being sacked or disciplined for tweeting things that offend their employers' brand, even when it's a social or political issue not really related to their work.

"But if retailers want to eliminate things that offend some people, why does that not apply to language that's offensive to gays and lesbians?" Executives at Interscope Records and its parent company, Universal, declined to comment on the Eminem inconsistencies or to discuss anything related to the screening or editing of content.

As more and more people have access to what happens in live comedy shows, either via leaked footage or blogging, they find more things that offend them but have no context for what was said.

The response to porn versus endemic misogyny in other media – the Sun's Page 3, for example, which Cameron has so far refused to publicly condemn – is so inconsistent that it's hard not to see an element of sexual policing at work here – people trying to censor things that offend them.

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"The thing that offends me is that they characterize me as being an anti-Christian bigot," he said, "and that's far from the truth.

The one thing that offended me was the jokey disclaimer at the start, referring to "this trifle of a movie," and stating that it was not meant to be inflammatory.

Lee's become a strangely polarising figure lately – infuriating as many as he inspires – which suggests that in an era where jokes about disabled children are seen as edgy, the one thing that offends modern comedy audiences is being expected to think for themselves.

Just my body, the thing that offended him so much.

"The thing that offended me most about the [Times] article is that we have the most transparency of any agency," Richard said.

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