She was afraid for a moment that she'd inadvertently offended him, but apparently not.

You're going to have to know plenty about the past-who's who, and more importantly, why, because if you inadvertently offend the wrong person-" He sliced his finger dramatically across his neck.

He inadvertently offends her, so Lisa moves out and spends a pleasant, tipsy evening at George's modest new apartment.

But the last time Mercury was in retrograde, in December, I inadvertently offended people with particularly careless e-mail messages and remarks at holiday parties.

He added, "Bret inadvertently offended a certain feminist sensibility in a book that is ugly but that captures a seedy and scummy aspect of our time."

Sometimes, Mr. Berhalter said, things that inadvertently offend are nonetheless unavoidable.

And many potential clients - particularly corporate ones - think twice before holding a function in a religious building lest they inadvertently offend clients or shareholders or attendees by seeming to favor one sect over another.

No wonder Mr. Palmer spent his first several months at the company inadvertently offending other Digital managers.

Talent-scouted by the television station to act in a drama, she inadvertently offends a popular actress Xu Yanning (May Phua) who makes things difficult for her.

Nothing scared guys like this more than the idea of inadvertently offending their boss.