Offends
[ə'fendz]
Examples
- This tax, therefore, so far offends against the first of the four maxims above mentioned. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I do not want to vex you; and besides, we must speak gently, for mamma is asleep; but your whole manner offends me--' 'How! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The writers of comedy satisfied that almost universal craving for the depreciation of those whose apparent excellence offends our self-love. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It offends 'em. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Willie