How to Use umbrage in a Sentence

umbrage

noun
  • Still, there are a lot of plot points that Hannah takes umbrage with.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Someone might take umbrage at your words, but most people won't.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Which brings us to the one comment that Hadid took umbrage with.
    — Amy MacKelden, Marie Claire, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The queen didn’t usually take umbrage.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the contractors took umbrage at this treatment.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Chelimo said he was clipped at least six times, and once took enough umbrage to complain about it during the race.
    — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 June 2021
  • Such is the fractious nature of this city and its inexhaustible pool of umbrage.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 13 July 2019
  • Erin Blanchfield also weighed in, and took umbrage with the look and design as well.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
  • That Cuomo took umbrage at the name, though, is not all that surprising.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Snyder took umbrage and several months ago removed them from the board.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Some will take umbrage about tinkering about with the Robin Hood mythos like that.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • Wednesday, Wolfe took umbrage with the fact that the rumors even exist.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Angry at the offense and then angry at the lack of umbrage taken by others.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 31 May 2017
  • Cormier took umbrage with the account posting an old quote seemingly out of the blue.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • But the rest of the boos mostly came after foul calls the crowd — and Boston’s bench — took umbrage with.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Yet might the Abe old guard take umbrage at Kishida outshining their man?
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Then there were those who simply took umbrage with the woman behind the video breaking her grandma's eggs.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The official line from China, of course, was denial, laced with umbrage.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Others like Charles Johnson took umbrage with the new rankings.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • But one organization in the pro-anthem camp is taking umbrage with the league.
    — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 31 Jan. 2018
  • My husband grew up in a home where reading over someone’s shoulder was considered rude and caused bristling and umbrage.
    — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • He was booed mercilessly by fans after his drop in the end zone, and that's the play the fourth-year tight end seemed to take the most umbrage with.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2017
  • My adult children know better than to challenge me on the subject, but a couple of my friends have taken umbrage with my choice.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • Move too quickly, and the die-hards who flock to Fox News and Fox Sports will take umbrage.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Some might take umbrage over that absence, others might be content in just wanting to relive the music that moved them so back when.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In her interview with Budden, the rap star takes umbrage with the algorithm.
    — Mike Wass, Variety, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The Enquirer didn’t believe him, and Twain took umbrage to being called a liar.
    — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • As Ifill described the events in real time, her followers took umbrage — and pointed to painful echoes.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Back in the courtroom, Barany took immediate umbrage at the lawyers’ requests.
    — Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022
  • The script surrounding the two autocrats’ confab is one of unity and umbrage with the West.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023

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