Sentence examples for this idea offended from inspiring English sources
The whole idea offended my fiscal and ecological sensibilities.
Rather, we're so offended by this idea of "famous for being famous".
"I kind of had to get over a lot of society's BS, this idea that you're doomed to offend," he says in a phone interview.
There are few Americans whose ideas offend me more than Douglas Feith, the former undersecretary of defense who played a major role in planning and promoting the invasion of Iraq.
This took a hit in 2007 when he ducked a snap election and appropriated the Tories' pledge to cut inheritance tax, an idea that offended his instincts but looked a vote-winner.
Not surprising, though, that idea has offended many local people, who say they have little concern for the fate of the shortnose and lost-river varieties of suckerfish found in the Upper Klamath Lake.
But we have to do even more: I propose a consumption tax, an idea that offends many conservatives, and elimination of the corporate income tax, a proposal that outrages many liberals.
Katherine N. Lapp, the authority's executive director, said that such an idea might offend some New Yorkers, but that the option was being considered as a way to avoid raising fares and tolls.
Mr Giscard also came to the aid of Mr Blair when he said during the interview on BBC1's Breakfast with Frost: "The idea of offending or destroying Britain is nonsense".
In interviews, the casino executives asserted that they were not looking for something in return from Mr. Gormley, though they acknowledged that it was not a good idea to offend him.
