umbrage in English
she took umbrage at his remarks
The umbrage of the tree didn't prevent the blinding light of the sun from getting to my eyes.
Use "umbrage" in a sentence
1. 2 He took umbrage at her remarks.
2. 6 Maynard angrily took umbrage at Campbell's remarks.
3. 4 He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
4. 11 Everything gives umbrage to a tyrantny.
5. Naaman took umbrage at the treatment and counsel.
6. 10 His address gave umbrage to the authorities.
7. 3 She took umbrage at my remarks about her hair.
8. 13 The pope himself had taken great umbrage at the book.
9. 12 He's like you,(www.Sentencedict.com) forever taking umbrage about something.
10. 1 I invited her because I was afraid ofgiving umbrage.
11. 16 I invited her because I was afraid ofgiving umbrage.
12. 9 The Republicans, naturally, take umbrage at predictions about what they might do.
13. 8 She took umbrage at his remarks, but made no attempt to get her figure back.
14. 19 He called me a lily - livered coward, and I umbrage at the insult.
15. 16 She had been known to storm off sometimes, to take violent umbrage and depart.
16. 15 The three camphors are umbrage left by mother, who gave personalized connotation to them.
17. 20 Although Jeff was given to lying, he never took umbrage at being accused of it.
18. 7 If they take umbrage, then they were never a proper friend in the first place.
19. 5 You don't think she'll take umbrage if she isn't invited to the wedding, do you?
20. 14 So we can all take umbrage in that this will be the Lakers true test of intestinal fortitude.
21. 18 He got on very well with the patients, and made them laugh without taking umbrage when they laughed at him.
22. 17 Ever a stickler for protocol, he and his wife took umbrage at the democratic etiquette of President Thomas Jefferson's administration.
23. 7 Ever a stickler for protocol, he and his wife took umbrage at the democratic etiquette of President Thomas Jefferson's administration.
24. Marathon MP shows pace to corner thieves; POLITICS Since Keisling presided over the establishment of Oregon's vote-by-mail system (VBM), his umbrage at Rubin's " Casually dismissive half-sentence" characterizing VBM as a "terribly insecure system
25. Where the incendiary outrage of the larger public is limited to the most viral and provocative trending post of the day on social media, the Clamorous social umbrage does go a long way in garnering a collective voice against social issues.
26. Adumbration (n.) 1550s, "faint sketch, imperfect representation," from Latin Adumbrationem (nominative adumbratio) "a sketch in shadow, sketch, outline," noun of action from past-participle stem of adumbrare "to cast a shadow, overshadow," in painting, "represent (a thing) in outline," from ad-"to" (see ad-) + umbrare "to cast in shadow," from PIE root *andho-"blind; dark" (see umbrage).
27. 1550s, "faint sketch, imperfect representation," from Latin Adumbrationem (nominative adumbratio) "a sketch in shadow, sketch, outline," noun of action from past-participle stem of adumbrare "to cast a shadow, overshadow," in painting, "represent (a thing) in outline," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + umbrare "to cast in shadow," from PIE root *andho- "blind; dark" (see umbrage).
28. Adumbrate (v.) 1580s, "to outline, to sketch," from Latin adumbratus "sketched, shadowed in outline," also "feigned, unreal, sham, fictitious," past participle of adumbrare "cast a shadow over;" in painting, "to represent (a thing) in outline," from ad "to" (see ad-) + umbrare "to cast in shadow," from PIE root *andho-"blind; dark" (see umbrage).Meaning "to overshadow" is from 1660s in English.