How to Use umbrage in a Sentence

umbrage

noun

• Which brings us to the one comment that Hadid took umbrage with.
  — Amy MacKelden, Marie Claire, 3 Apr. 2018
• Paul and Draymond Green took umbrage with some no-calls.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
• He was taken a few picks ahead of Allen Robinson and Jarvis Landry, which few will take umbrage with.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 8 May 2018
• 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
• 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
• That Cuomo took umbrage at the name, though, is not all that surprising.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 13 Aug. 2019
• Such is the fractious nature of this city and its inexhaustible pool of umbrage.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 13 July 2019
• The Enquirer didn’t believe him, and Twain took umbrage to being called a liar.
  — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, 29 Jan. 2020
• Williams takes umbrage to Gundy’s 1989 denial and is hoping for an apology for the slurs.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 June 2020
• Advertisement On Fox, for example, the umbrage was thick from the time the news broke.
  — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Someone might take umbrage at your words, but most people won't.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Angry at the offense and then angry at the lack of umbrage taken by others.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 31 May 2017
• The script surrounding the two autocrats’ confab is one of unity and umbrage with the West.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
• Yet might the Abe old guard take umbrage at Kishida outshining their man?
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Surprisingly even the left-leaning Guardian and BBC took umbrage with some of the series.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
• Both men have worked with Prince in the past; however, four of Prince’s half siblings are taking umbrage with the fact that Jones no longer practices.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 7 Apr. 2017
• As Ifill described the events in real time, her followers took umbrage — and pointed to painful echoes.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• From then on, all the way to the G.O.P. nomination, Trump met outrage with umbrage and trailed for only an instant.
  — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
• The official line from China, of course, was denial, laced with umbrage.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
• They are laced with umbrage and suspicion and paranoia.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
• Coach John Harbaugh appeared to take umbrage with some grumbling from Weddle, who was late for the start of practice.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2017
• In her interview with Budden, the rap star takes umbrage with the algorithm.
  — Mike Wass, Variety, 9 Mar. 2022
• Snyder took umbrage and several months ago removed them from the board.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2020
• Others took umbrage with a comment by Paul Tuennerman on that post that many deemed racist.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• Or perhaps one of the youngest fighter pilots in WWII might take umbrage at what many vets see as disrespecting the flag.
  — Michael Smerconish, Philly.com, 29 Sep. 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
• Back in the courtroom, Barany took immediate umbrage at the lawyers’ requests.
  — Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 5 July 2022
• Lawyers at the firm of Consovoy McCarthy, representing the plaintiffs in the Court, took serious umbrage.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023
• But the subjects of the article—and even those who were pointedly not its subject—took umbrage, some carrying their mini-grudge well into the present day.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 13 June 2024
• Alexia, naturally, takes umbrage with this because the only two things Alexia can do are take umbrage and wear cat-eye sunglasses.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024