And the children, remembering the fairy's warning, said no more on this point, for fear of offending even these meek little women.
It was all so pretty, and they were so kind that we didn't feel the least frightened of offending them.
We were so afraid of offending the gnomes that we scarcely dared to speak when we were with them.
Drury much more than I do her, yet he is never violent, never outrageous: I dread offending him, not however through fear, but the respect I bear him makes me unhappy when I am under his displeasure.
The result was not harakiri, but the offending noble was consigned to the care of his brother.
She vaulted lightly to a seat on the pine tree, and laid the offending muff on a bough.
Unfortunately, she was also the richest, and his board of managers had warned Mr. Meredith against offending her.
I knew Billy well enough by this time to be sure it was no use, after once offending him, trying to cajole him back into a good-humour, so I left him.
I shall not repeat here the appeal to Heaven that issued from his lips along with the offending olive itself.
Well, doctor," said I as he held the offending molar up before me tightly gripped in his forceps, "you have given me the first moment of relief I have had all day.
The offending molar was far back in the region of the wisdom section, and inasmuch as it had been somewhat loose in its behavior for several days I decided to be rid of it.
If by means of our non-conformity we cause ourselves to be cut off, like an offending hand, or plucked out, like an offending eye, our usefulness is at once destroyed.
It is shown in the excessive fear which prevails among us ofoffending public opinion.
Thorowgood, Not clouds of lightning, or the raging bolt Heavens anger darts at the offending world, Can with such horrid rigor peirce the earth As these sad words I must demonstrate to you Doe my afflicted brest.
She limped to a half-hidden corner near the orchestra, and slipped off the offending pumps.
And as the radiant Doc hastily quits that very post, and dives for the offending brother, he scrambles under the piano and laughs derisively.
But the prince and princess were well aware of Charles's affection for his undutiful son, and therefore did not fear seriously offending him.
It was besides this to demand satisfaction from various offending Powers.
It was proof of the decline of the Whig party, and of the fear of offending the public.
But Matthew seems to tell of her intervention mainly in order to preserve her testimony to Jesus' innocence, and to point out one more of the fences which Pilate trampled down in his dread of offending the rulers.
He had been too generous to tell Susan of his engagement, of the brilliant prospects he forfeited by his marriage, or the risk which he ran of offending his father by that rash step.
You will not even run the hazard of offending your family of Sheldon in order to make me happy.
The offending Northumbrian now felt the wrath of the sons of Lodbrog.
For this end he stirred up the ignorant fanaticism of the people, and encouraged them in outrages upon the offending clergy, which frequently ended in death.
Mr. Bent could not induce the Bedouins of his escort to gather a certain water-plant for fear of offending the jinn of the lake.
In the seventeenth century there existed near Surat a sacred banian-tree, supposed to be 3000 years old, which the Hindus would never cut or touch with steel for fear of offending the god concealed in its foliage.
The dose of novelty in style was just sufficient to attract, without offending by its revolt against "the Popish sing-song.
If left to myself, I might perhaps manage to do justice to all parties without offending any; but under the dictation of Lady Canning the thing would be impracticable.
The professor asked ten thousand pardons foroffending his worship; and begged to observe that madame could earn seventeen shillings a-week for herself, by her own hands.
I tried to tie a neat bow, and failed; again, with the same result; then I tore the offending strip of material off and threw it away from me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "offending" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: abusive; guilty; scurrilous
