Sentence examples for to avoid offence from inspiring English sources

It's not a case of turning the page to avoid offence.

In Europe Miss Suu Kyi, fielding questions by stressing the importance of the rule of law, managed to avoid offence.

Clearly Jamie Oliver was trying to avoid offence by excluding an ingredient (Letters, 6 October; Report, 5 October).

His one-liners have magically managed to avoid offence, which also makes him well-liked by the celebrity attendees.

But history, like literature, is messy and complex and should not be reduced to a bland consensus designed to avoid offence.

In an article for the Sunday Times, he criticised the instinct to avoid offence, and lack of willingness to discuss race.

Although the law calls for the anthem to be performed respectfully and for performers to avoid causing offence, it does not define what constitutes offensive acts or penalties.

This article was amended on 16 August 2016 to avoid unintended offence.

The headline on this article was amended on 15 July 2016 to avoid unintended offence.

The Malaysian Sun says that censors outlawed screenings to avoid causing offence to the country's majority Muslim population.

He's a mischief maker, a Loki-like bringer of chaos, unwilling to compromise to avoid causing offence.