offing in English

noun
1
the more distant part of the sea in view.
We came past the island two days later and gave it an offing of over a mile compared to our usual half mile, with nothing to be seen, felt or smelt.
verb
1
kill; murder.
she might off a cop, but she wouldn't shoot her boyfriend

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1. Are deeper rumbles in the offing?

2. Big changes were in the offing.

3. A Tragic Fulfillment in the Offing

4. There's dirty weather in the offing.

5. Trouble is in the offing.

6. Other changes were in the offing.

7. There was a wedding in the offing.

8. There was a ship in the offing.

9. I hear there are more staff changes in the offing.

10. A crisis, however, was in the offing.

11. No such intervention is in the offing now.

12. The price of oil has suddenly broken offing.

13. There's a pay rise in the offing, I hear.

14. Husbands were home; family gatherings were in the offing.

15. Tighter airport security regulations could be in the offing.

16. A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing.

17. Appeals are common when a general election is in the offing.

18. But there are signs that a turnaround may be in the offing.

19. But analysts think some changes particularly involving Texas trackage rights may be in the offing.

20. According to the company, these deals had been in the offing for some time.

21. The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing.

22. However, if a stalemate occurs, then new elections would seem to be in the offing.

23. With an election in the offing, the prime minister is keen to maintain his popularity.

24. Ram Gopal Varma's latest offing 'Sarkar 3' was Brickbatted by the critics and awarded poor ratings

25. Being something of a conspiracy buff, I believe this deal has been in the offing for quite some time.

26. He'd be very unlikely to stay with her or marry her, particularly with a knighthood in the offing.

27. In the offing, with a probable start date of 19 are three INRs or Independent National Radio stations.

28. The effort fell short of the necessary two-thirds vote, and another attempt is in the offing for next year.

29. Thus, a second green revolution may be in the offing hereby big energy production increases, but the energy-poor still starve.

30. 16 Its swoon in after-hours trading suggests that more high-tech market jitters may be in the offing today, however.

31. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V: “What makes you think that?” I asked, handkerchiefing my upper slopes, which had become considerably Bedewed

32. Being something of a conspiracy buff, I believe this deal has been in the offing for quite some time.sentencedict .com

33. 30 Thus, a second green revolution may be in the offing hereby big energy production increases, but the energy-poor still starve.

34. Kingfisher was forced to show its hand after rumours that a bid was in the offing began to circulate on Tuesday.

35. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X: I pressed the button and he appeared, giving me, as he entered, the sort of Conspiratorial glance the acting secretary of a secret society would have given a friend on the