“Two months afterwards, not only was her general health restored, but she had given up her injurious and offensive habit of spitting.”

“I'm just glad we will be spared the sight of this offensive spectacle.”

“The bread offered to her had a peculiar, highly offensive smell.”

“The offending smell coming from the garbage bin made everyone gag.”

“While last week's school flap illustrates the difficulties with sweeping campaigns that try to create an offenseless society, today's technology points to micro-solutions, tailored to every group or individual.”

“So, you support the right of an individual to end defenseless life without penalty, but you won't support the right to continue an offenseless life without penalty?”

“The offended students said the flier had disrupted a meeting, an assertion that became the basis of disciplinary action.”