to cause offense
- Examples
| Ask if you did anything to cause offense or to hurt your friend. | Pregúntale si hiciste algo que lo ofendió o hirió. | 
| I did not wish to cause offense. | Lo siento. No quise ofenderla. | 
| Short but frequent eye contact is least likely to cause offense. | El contacto visual breve pero frecuente tiene menos probabilidades de ser ofensivo. | 
| Student intentionally touches another person, either with a member of one's body or with any instrument, knowing that one is thereby likely to cause offense or alarm to such other person. | El estudiante toca intencionalmente a otra persona, ya sea con una parte de su cuerpo o con un instrumento, sabiendo que ello probablemente ofenderá o alarmará a dicha persona. | 
| If you are shocked by this declaration, you shouldn't be because what I mean by the term is not those disgusting, brutal - and generally false - observations designed to cause offense and injury. | Si usted está conmocionado por esta declaración, no debería ser porque lo que quiero decir por el término no es esas observaciones asquerosas, brutales y generalmente falsas - diseñadas para causar daño y la ofensa. | 
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