Retaliation is such a spontaneous expression of indignation, that people would hardly realise the offensiveness of an act which evokes no signs of resentment.
She was nibbling lumps of sugar moistened in her tea, and the wild rose of her cheeks and the distracting rings of her hair made her offensiveness a mere childish impertinence.
But no experience so far served to reveal the whole offensiveness of the man's assurance.
This offensiveness in the face of the returning church-goers was too flagrant to admit even the appearance of noticing it, but that it would be noticed, taken stock of in the general summing up of our relation, I was sickeningly aware.
It is not a matter of much practical moment whether or not earth be thrown into the dry catch after the excreta, because the arrangement ensures that offensiveness is reduced to a minimum.
There was almost always a certain sleek offensiveness about Charles Kingsley when he sat down to write.
Mr. Matthews is always worth listening to, and has the knack of speaking without offensiveness even when chastising us Britons for our national peculiarities.
In consequence of the offensiveness of the open pail, the next improvement was to throw in some form of deodorizing material daily.
I thought we might," I said, with just the least hint of offensiveness in my tone.
