Offing Sentence Examples

A great triumph for soviet diplomacy was in the offing.

At the end of season four, she shared a kiss with Callie Torres and created Internet buzz and speculation about the possible love story in the offing.

In 1885 a serious disaster befell the islanders, a lifeboat which went to take provisions to a ship in the offing was lost with all hands - fifteen men - and only four adult males were left on the island.

They got off the American port at noon on 5 May but a sudden heavy gale from the N.W. forced them gain an offing.

With such a grand affair in the offing, it simply makes sense to do it properly.

As noted in one letter to TVGuide, when President-Elect Obama was declared the winner of the Presidential election, could a Stars Hollow reunion movie be in the offing?

In laying off receiving drains it is essential to give hedgerows and trees a good offing, lest the conduit be obstructed by the roots.

The rapidity of the tides in this inlet, and the lowness of its shores, which are generally indistinct on account of mist from a moderate offing, render this the most difficult portion of the navigation of the east coast of England.

Dusty didn't think twice about offing anyone who posed a threat to him, and he didn't remember what it felt like to be a human who witnessed what looked like a mass murder.