- present participle of offend.
offending
Example Sentences
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Then I thought to show my colleague’s offending email to an AI, which didn’t have all my baggage of past gripes with this co-worker or past indignation at being similarly dismissed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
In the 2025 audit, Baroness Louise Casey was asked by the government to establish the scale of group-based child sexual abuse offending in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Huger wrote for instructions to Postmaster General Amos Kendall, as well as New York Postmaster Samuel Gouverneur, from whose office the offending literature had been shipped.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
When the BBC revealed the story last month, Assistant Chief Constable Lynn Ratcliff was asked if there had been any opportunities to stop Greer's offending earlier.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“But is there not danger of Lady Catherine’s disapprobation here, my good sir? You had better neglect your relations than run the risk of offending your patroness.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
