- present participle of offend.
offending
Example Sentences
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He added that it was helping police understand the geographical impact of the offending and helping forces target areas where evidence was coming from.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
It was the third time he had been given a prison sentence for offending that dated back to 2015.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
“I apologize for offending your aesthetic sensibilities. Maybe I should’ve put makeup on before coming down to breakfast.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
