Offending
[ə'fendiŋ]
Definition
(adj.) offending against or breaking a law or rule; 'contracts offending against the statute were canceled' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offend
Checker: Rupert
Examples
- You had better neglect your relations than run the risk of offending your patroness. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And was that the head and front of his offending? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The latter, all wild passion; the former, gentle, voluptuous, fearful of shocking or offending me, or frightening away my growing passion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She could forgive her offending pupil, not her innocent self. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Do not be afraid of offending me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was noticeable that she no longer called the offending lady by her Christian name. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She had learnt to feel my dread of offending him, and she accepted his proposal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her set purpose of contradicting Miss Abbey point blank, was so far from offending that dread authority, as to elicit a gracious smile. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Necessity excused stratagem, but stratagem was limited by the dread of offending Dorothea. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If the impertinent remarks of Mrs. Jennings are to be the proof of impropriety in conduct, we are all offending every moment of our lives. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I dread and abhor the idea of offending him because I believe he would forgive all my faults. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Checker: Rupert