Sentences with phrase «umbrage at»

I take umbrage at Mr. Manning's questioning that ethics can be learned by being taught.

As Croakey readers may have seen reported recently, Senator Cory Bernardi and the Australian Conservatives have taken umbrage at the new codes of conduct, deriding them as «political correctness» and making other misleading, ill - informed comments.

I do however take umbrage at the fact that MS can't be bothered to update W10m apps on phones that THEY were selling a year ago.

Mr. Whitmill took umbrage at the homage and filed a lawsuit in California, seeking an injunction against Warner Brothers and damages on the ground that he held the copyright in the design of that particular tattoo and WB had infringed it.

Reading between the lines of the present case, the school board and the CLP apparently took umbrage at the teacher's temerity in claiming her statutory rights, evidence perhaps of a disconnect between law - in - the - books and law - in - practice and lingering discomfort amongst employers about assertive employees.

Embracing the technology puts you squarely on a fast - moving train, whereas taking umbrage at the process may find you lagging behind your peers in the discomfort of a rickshaw.

Finally, remember that J. Jonah Jamerson takes great umbrage at being accused of Slandering Spider - man in his paper.

A ubiquitous fixture on the US legal media scene, White and his team have had to fend off an onslaught from harassed law firm marketing directors creaking under the weight of a growing pile of surveys, as well as bar association busybodies who took umbrage at the company's methodology.

If there was umbrage at petrol prices, it was more to do with the worry that we were being screwed by the petrol companies or else the government unfairly (for the record, I read many articles all stating that to reduce excise would be a terrible thing to do, in contrast to what you suggest everyone was thinking).

Without any doubt, a portion of the Wegman discussion on Tree Rings contains language that is «substantially similar» to Bradley 1999, but the majority of the subsection is expressed in Wegman's paraphrase and includes specific points of disagreement (indeed, DC takes particular umbrage at such disagreement.)

Canada has already taken umbrage at the criticism of its tar sand exploits; they are also supporting Australian carbon tax repeal and doubtless by the conference hosts, Poland, too.

However, it is unfortunate that you nevertheless seem to have taken umbrage at me in what seems like a tribal manner.

But you take umbrage at that.

However, while the community has taken umbrage at the revelation of the identity of a peer reviewer, they remain unoffended by conduct designed to keep critics off «the scent» through withholding adverse results.

[Toward me anyway, perhaps harder on Koonin, but I see no reason to take umbrage at criticism of someone who I don't even know.]

While I'm responding to CK here I should say that I take umbrage at WebHubTelescope's suggestion that we Aussies are all flakes.

It's amazing how Nick can excuse Mann's accusations of «fraud», while taking umbrage at Steyn.

I take some umbrage at you insinuation that the reviews of millions of scientific papers before «climategate» were somehow dishonest or lacking in rigor.

Seems someone took umbrage at their use of home - made bikes to grace the window display.

As the story has come down through his family, McNeil took umbrage at being pictured as a team player in a milieu rife with personality conflicts and political maneuvering.

But Galleries West consulting editor Jeffrey Spalding takes umbrage at the «relentless vitriol» of British art critic Jonathan Jones in this spirited defence of Canadian artist David Milne, whose exhibition at London's Dulwich Picture Gallery opened earlier this month.

From an emotional perspective, as a person of color in the United States, it is difficult not to take umbrage at the image of a white man, a published poet and Ivy League academic, appropriating the murdered body of a Black man for the benefit of a largely white audience that may be sympathetic but can not empathize with the deceased.

Only a tiny number of Catholics took umbrage at La Nona Ora, Cattelan's 1999 sculpture of Pope John Paul II struck by a meteor, and even they weren't sure why they should be offended.

Personally, I found melee combat was too clumsy when my AI buddies take umbrage at the fact that they're standing where I'm hacking - and - slashing.

«We wanted to meet console users» expectations,» said Ohle, who takes understandable umbrage at labeling the console version just another port.

While showing shelves jammed with cereal boxes, she explained why offering people too many choices resulted in no sales at all (although I think Kellogg's would take umbrage at her point).

The fine folks at Index Universe took umbrage at my post, and for good reason.

If you don't believe me, all you have to do is read through Amazon reader reviews of my work and see how many «reviews» are obviously triggered off by someone's outrage / indignation / umbrage at what they perceive as my political viewpoint and have little if anything to do with the book which is theoretically being «reviewed.»

And, alas, those who are more advanced and taking the care to train themselves in retail concepts tend to take great umbrage at us for pointing out that many others are making these mistakes.

Carufel evidently took umbrage at the reviews for his latest release, a 16 - page Kindle essay titled «Stephen King Don't Know Shit,» and eventually posted calls for mercenary hackers to harass the «cyber-terrorists» who had maligned his work.

Finally, I must say I take umbrage at John Daniel's statement that the characters in this book are fi ctitious.

Now, it might be that the book won't be received very well, or people might take umbrage at my treatment of the topic, or the three people who do manage to make their way through the book will feel that their time has been wasted.

Said SJW took umbrage at my being «offended» at him and didn't provide him any proof of Nick's circumstances.

Traditionalists might take umbrage at the changes represented by the 2011 Grand Cherokee, which dropped live axles in favor of a fully independent suspension, features a sumptuous interior equal to that of a Range Rover, and even gets a rear - seat entertainment system with satellite TV.

The editors and writers at Motor Trend would undoubtedly take umbrage at my views of their professionalism, but the don't - confuse - me - with - the facts - my - mind - is - made - up mindset is alive and well at Motor Trend.

But Eskelsen did not take umbrage at Clinton's remarks: «There are some successful charter schools,» she said.

But Eskelsen Garcia did not take umbrage at Clinton's remarks: «There are some successful charter schools,» she said.

Lastly, I find it a bit strange that people who call others names like «corporate reformer» and «neoliberal» would take umbrage at being correctly identified as embracing Marxist theories.

The confessor takes umbrage at the priest's perceived glibness, and the priest apologizes.

He shows bursts of frustration that mimic his entitled father's tendency to take umbrage at any perceived slight.

Oscar commentators and political pundits took umbrage at the film being shut out of most categories, especially Best Director, even though it was nominated for Best Picture.

I take umbrage at the contention that Porky's inferior compared to the current «geek» cinema.

When Jonah's principal (Gameela Wright) tells her that Jonah is «quirky» — an ambiguous but not meaningless word that reeks of flippancy — Marlo takes umbrage at the woman's refusal to address her son's mental issues head - on.

I take umbrage at Drs. McDougall and Dr. Esselstyn's openly - admitted lack of faith in the self - control of their patients.

YOU EAT: TORTILLA CHIPS YOU ARE: An A + seeking perfectionist who imposes similarly lofty standards on humanity at large, taking umbrage at injustices.

Loy speculates that the ice man's trade may have taken him into mountain passes whose boundaries were disputed: «He could easily have run across someone from another valley who took umbrage at finding Ötzi hunting in territory he considered his own.»

Billy Easton, with the Alliance for Quality Education, which helped organize the event, takes umbrage at that.

Many Democrats took particular umbrage at what they saw as Trump's attempt to take credit for the African - American unemployment rate hitting a record low.

On my recent backyard vacation I read that Ulster County Legislature Minority Leader Dave Donaldson had taken extreme umbrage at

On my recent backyard vacation I read that Ulster County Legislature Minority Leader Dave Donaldson had taken extreme umbrage at the suggestion that the recently appointed county study commission on police services could be a vehicle to eliminate the sheriff's road patrol.