OFFENSIVE in a Sentence
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99 example sentences for OFFENSIVE, such as:
1. I find your attitude most offensive.
2. But if you only knew how offensive it was.
3. This scorn was not offensive to his master.
4. His mode of doing business is offensive to me.
5. Kutuzov did not consider any offensive necessary.
2. But if you only knew how offensive it was.
3. This scorn was not offensive to his master.
4. His mode of doing business is offensive to me.
5. Kutuzov did not consider any offensive necessary.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OFFENSIVE
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offensive
a. violating or tending to violate or offend against
a. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1 After which offensive implication, he cut himself a crust of bread, and threw the knife down with a noise.
2 In his girdle he wore a long and double-edged dagger, which was the only offensive weapon about his person.
3 I promise thee, brother Clerk," said he, "I will ask thee no more offensive questions.
4 In himself he was wearisome, but as the friend of Tom and the admirer of Julia he became offensive.
5 Yes; it is in two points offensive to me; I have two strong grounds of objection to it.
6 There is always something offensive in the details of cunning.
7 Olly, though without the tact to perceive when remarks were untimely, was saved by her very simplicity from rendering them offensive.
8 I had gone up to ask him about you, and he was very offensive; accused me of coaxing you away from the service of the firm, and that sort of thing.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
Context Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
9 It will be obvious that any details which would help the reader exactly to identify the college or the criminal would be injudicious and offensive.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
10 This scorn was not offensive to his master.
11 But if you only knew how offensive it was.
12 Balashev replied that there was "nothing offensive in the demand, because."
13 The tune he was whistling, his gait, and the gesture with which he twirled his mustache, all now seemed offensive.
14 Ermolov had been to see Bennigsen a few days previously and had entreated him to use his influence with the commander-in-chief to induce him to take the offensive.
15 Kutuzov did not consider any offensive necessary.
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1 The West African forces went on the offensive in response to attacks on them.
2 Consumers found the attitude of its staff offhand and generally offensive to the paying customer.
3 I find your attitude most offensive.
4 Conventional troop cuts will be accompanied by a reorganization of units in charge of offensive nuclear weapons.
5 He was charged with carrying an offensive weapon.
6 Jan was convicted of possessing an offensive weapon.
7 The police nicked me for carrying an offensive weapon.
8 He was then arrested and charged with possessing an offensive weapon.
9 He was convicted of carrying an offensive weapon.
10 Exactly what can be called an offensive weapon is still a grey area.
11 She pleaded guilty to carrying an offensive weapon.
12 In the eyes of the law his knife was an offensive weapon.
13 His mode of doing business is offensive to me.
14 Jody keeps Sally in for twenty-three minutes, watching her pick up the offensive plays and bluff her way through the defense.
15 Republicans acknowledged that they had little choice but to mount an all-out offensive on the Democratic nominee.