umbrage

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Voorbeelden van umbrage

  • Similarly, the fact that umbrage occurs as the object of the verb take can be specified in its lexical entry.

  • What of believers of all stripes who quietly take umbrage to, and courteously protest, the expressions of disdain for their faith that they encounter when among antireligious company?

  • I am sorry that he took such umbrage at our raising this issue and cast aspersions on our purpose.

  • If a chief constable takes umbrage at a man and fines him, there is often no promotion for him.

  • I say that in no sense of complaint or umbrage.

  • I want to deal with this at the outset, without any umbrage at all, but just to make my own position quite clear.

  • Great umbrage was taken at that hypothetical threat.

  • Suppose that the committee or the officials of the society to which this man belongs take umbrage at his criticisms?

  • He went through the performance of taking umbrage at expressions such as "tip"and"bribe" in describing this half a million pounds.

  • Would not the shopkeepers take umbrage at that suggestion?

  • Will not those people perhaps take umbrage that they have been overlooked?

  • I will withdraw any statement which has caused you umbrage.

  • That will lead to a lot of umbrage.

  • I take umbrage on his behalf at that particular remark.

  • That could be done within the framework of the present administration and without causing umbrage to anyone.

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