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umbrage
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  • Burns, to whom I imparted my fears, chose to take great umbrage at them.†  (source)
  • Philander was too much relieved at the happy outcome to their adventure to take umbrage at the professor's cruel fling.†  (source)
  • As I understand from cook, m'lady, the animal appears to have taken umbrage at a lack of cordiality on the part of the cat.†  (source)
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  • Had one suggested that he ever had been aught than the soul of honor and chivalry he would have taken umbrage forthwith.†  (source)
  • Therefore just and wise men take umbrage at his act, until after some little time be past: then they see it to be in unison with their acts.†  (source)
  • In what can an intendant, that is to say my subordinate, my clerk, give me umbrage or injure me, even if he is Monsieur Colbert?†  (source)
  • I wasn't sure what Jem resented most, but I took umbrage at Mrs. Dubose's assessment of the family's mental hygiene.  (source)
    umbrage = offense
  • Baboo, especially, took umbrage, and he led his littermates in savage charges, ignoring Edgar's protests until the marauders ran howling away.†  (source)
  • But should we take umbrage at the fact?†  (source)
  • You can always winkle out their birth names if you like, but they take umbrage if you use them.†  (source)
  • I take umbrage at this.†  (source)
  • It also included a flash of Adams's temper—in what he said in response to Pickering's umbrage over the impatience Talleyrand had expressed about the time the Americans were taking to get things moving.†  (source)
  • I take great umbrage at any implication from you that I have behaved in any way unbecoming.†  (source)
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