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How do you use Umbrage in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like offense or offence, plus the exact meaning.

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Umbrage in a sentence

Umbrage meaning

  1. A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
  2. A feeling of doubt.
  3. Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees.

Synonyms of Umbrage

Using Umbrage

  • The main meaning on this page is: A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive. | A feeling of doubt. | Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees.
  • Useful related words include: offense, offence, anger, choler.
  • In the example corpus, umbrage often appears in combinations such as: took umbrage, umbrage at, umbrage with.

Context around Umbrage

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Umbrage

  • In this selection, "umbrage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, took, taken, packaged, cycles and whenever stand out and add context to how "umbrage" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include attacker took umbrage with the and but took umbrage with all. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "umbrage" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abating and abbasi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with umbrage

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

But, some royal fans have taken umbrage at this particular description. (11 words)

Young wasn’t the only one who took umbrage with Pierce’s coaching style. (14 words)

They laughed and laughed while I pretended to take great umbrage at their insolence. (14 words)

On the latest episode of his podcast The Stinkin’ Truth, Mark Schlereth took umbrage with Wilson seemingly implying that he lead the Seahawks to those two Super Bowls and created opportunities for quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes. (36 words)

Wages are not the issue, the union said, rather they take umbrage with Premier Doug Ford's sped-up plan to open up the alcohol market, in particular the increased access to ready-to-drink cocktails. (36 words)

It started with Opposition taking strong umbrage over appointment of BJP seven-times MP Bhartuhari Mahtab as pro-term Speaker instead of Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh elected for eight times to swear in new MPs. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

But it’s just the nature of the news that we have these neatly packaged umbrage cycles to get people angry.

But O’Carroll asked the lawyer to “rephrase that”, as he took “umbrage at that comment” and had gone to the High Court, where he had received considerable damages on two occasions.

But, some royal fans have taken umbrage at this particular description.

Hanieh Sajadinia was on a roundabout in Newcastle when the other woman took umbrage at her driving, got out of her car and approached her.

Much aristocratic umbrage has been taken at the Palace's refusal to invite more than a handful of hereditary peers.

She was as concerned as anyone else, but took umbrage with all the speculation that’s been circulating online.

Young wasn’t the only one who took umbrage with Pierce’s coaching style.

Amrit Jandoo, defending, said Clarke had no political views or malice towards Mr Rushworth, "but it is quite clear he has taken umbrage against the MP".

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He said: "This defendant clearly took umbrage at the showboating Liam Jones engaged in. He wanted to teach him a lesson and sought to exact control of the situation by maintaining a menacing presence.

It started with Opposition taking strong umbrage over appointment of BJP seven-times MP Bhartuhari Mahtab as pro-term Speaker instead of Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh elected for eight times to swear in new MPs.

On the latest episode of his podcast The Stinkin’ Truth, Mark Schlereth took umbrage with Wilson seemingly implying that he lead the Seahawks to those two Super Bowls and created opportunities for quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes.

They laughed and laughed while I pretended to take great umbrage at their insolence.

Wages are not the issue, the union said, rather they take umbrage with Premier Doug Ford's sped-up plan to open up the alcohol market, in particular the increased access to ready-to-drink cocktails.

We learn that Francis Bacon was rather nasty and that Vivienne Westwood took umbrage whenever Rhodes was referred to as The High Priestess of Punk.

But Mr Garten only took direct umbrage with the characterisation of the amount of money Mr Trump had paid in taxes.

Clearly taking umbrage with the situation, Bryan Adams fired up social media and let rip, revealing some pretty damn bizarre opinions in the process.

Even now, on the stump again, Trump has taken umbrage that Rep. Ilhan Omar, who immigrated to the U.S. as a child, would dare have opinions about on American policy.

Instead, it was people like Knapp—affluent, well-educated, worldly—who took umbrage at the notion that they ought to know better than to vote the way they do.

It appears the attacker took umbrage with the blocking of traffic and repeatedly told protesters to move “out of the way,” according to a video posted to Twitter.

Mr. Ranney took particular umbrage with Mr. Malkin’s characterization of the financial audit.

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Common combinations with umbrage

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "umbrage" in a sentence?
An example: "But it’s just the nature of the news that we have these neatly packaged umbrage cycles to get people angry." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "umbrage" from authentic English texts.
What does "umbrage" mean?
Umbrage means: A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
What are synonyms of "umbrage"?
Common synonyms of "umbrage" include: offense, offence, anger, choler, ire.
How many example sentences with "umbrage" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "umbrage", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.