Offended

Examples

• She did not affect modesty, nor appear in the least offended at my intrusion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The Colonel was so kind--Mr. Crawley might be offended and pay back the money, for which she could get no such good interest anywhere else. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was not good to meet Lord Steyne's eyes for those who had offended him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And she is mortally offended with Mr. Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It is needless to say that I declined to understand that he was offended with me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Has Chettam offended you--offended you, you know? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He fears he has offended you, and has begged me to ask if you will see him for a few minutes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She has offended somebody: who never forgives--whose rage redoubled when he saw you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He would be deeply offended if you entered on it to him unnecessarily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Ned was offended and turned to Sallie for consolation, saying to her rather pettishly, There isn't a bit of flirt in that girl, is there? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It said that Miss Rachel was mortally offended with you, for the part you had taken in trying to recover her jewel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Was he offended by what you said? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Then aloud she said: Do you remember the night when you offended me? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Wouldn't have offended either gentleman for the world, she averred. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I attempted to approach her--I was shocked and grieved, but, it is needless to say, not offended. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But though Peggotty's eye wanders, she is much offended if mine does, and frowns to me, as I stand upon the seat, that I am to look at the clergyman. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He would not let her sit up, and offended Dixon desperately by insisting on waiting upon her himself. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Fledgeby's mother's family had been very much offended with her for being poor, and broke with her for becoming comparatively rich. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Ah, I recollect that I once accidentally offended her, and I have never seen her since. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• This is satisfactory,' said Wardle, hardly knowing whether to smile or be offended. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There is a charm in the humility of a lover who has offended. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You will not be offended by my recalling this, after twenty years? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I remember the time, Rachel, I said, when you could have told me that I had offended you, in a worthier way than that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• At the Opera he was offended if I stood in the room with my sisters. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Have I offended you? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I could only look upwards; the sun began to grow hot, and the light offended my eyes. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Our experienced officer looked equally surprised and offended when he heard that reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You will not be offended, sir? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Caliphronas laughed, and seemed in no wise offended at the scornful tone of the other. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Mr. Letterblair looked surprised and slightly offended. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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