offend
verb (used with object)
to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in.
was offending
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past progressiveof offend.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was able to pull off this more fluid character who was offending Carter's sense of masculinity.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2023
He admitted during an episode of his podcast "The John Riggins Show" that he was in favor of a name change after he retired, seeing how the name was offending people.
From Fox News ● Feb. 11, 2022
“I literally had no idea that I was offending people,” the barbershop’s owner told a local TV station at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2020
Pell has always maintained he did not know Ridsdale was offending against children at the time.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2020
They were people to whom good taste was the first of all the virtues; he knew how he was offending them.
From King Coal : a Novel by Upton Sinclair
