offend against

To do so is to offend against nature and goodness!

In the eighth year he offended against the laws of his country.

"If you have offended against us, we leave it to your conscience."

Thus does the life force punish those who offend against it.

And if ever I offended against you in any matter great or small, forgive me now."

In the meantime take care that you do not offend against the Gods.

The ball may be hit, pushed or lifted in any direction by the team offended against.

His problem was not God but the doctrines about him which offended against the sacred standard of reason.

This seems obvious, but increasingly such a position offends against the spirit of the times.

No man shall die save he who offends against the laws.

If he had offended against the Church he was ready to give satisfaction.

This man was simply doing his job and was not offending against the constitution in any way.

So also it might happen to those who dared offend against Winifred now.

One of the people concerned was a mere 11 years of age when he offended against a 6 year old.

He is offending against the concept of European integration on a massive scale.

And anyone who offended against the tribe was solemnly pronounced dead in council.

I have offended against heaven and earth More grievously than any tongue can tell.

This tax, therefore, so far offends against the first of the four maxims above mentioned.

To do so is to offend against the most important of the proprieties of the game.

Bonaparte then made a proclamation, which from one end to the other offends against truth.

Victims also have certain rights to give information to, and receive information from, the Board regarding the person who offended against them.

To some extent, he explained, it is merely a "new and different vehicle" for those who would offend against children anyway.

They are consequently highly sensitive to any occurrence that might offend against this principle.

If I had somehow offended against this world's mores-tough.

As the resolution expressly states, Israel's military escalation offends against international law and human rights.