| He shoots me a nervous sideways look, maybe afraid I'll take offense at the indelicate reference. |
| A few people take offense that an individual is placed in the shadow, others in fact perceive it as a connection with the group. |
| The idiotic hypersensitivity of the media continues to search for new and stupid things to take offense at. |
| A red-haired Cuban refugee used to take offense at nearly everything I uttered, finding me unrefined, unlettered, vulgar, and a bore. |
| But Marina didn't take offense when Wendy tried ordering her around, finding fault. |
| Indeed, their tradition of etiquette is so complex that they expect foreigners to commit gaffes and seldom take offense when it happens. |
