offend
verb (used with object)
to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in.
will offend
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future tenseof offend.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Police fear the man will offend again and the Met has asked anyone with information to come forward.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023
Recognition of that trauma may be a starting point for treatment and a potential reduction in rates of recidivism, or the likelihood that someone convicted of a crime will offend again.
From Salon ● May 9, 2023
I realize this will offend some folks in the travel industry who think the customer is never right.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
And they had strong views about masculinity and gender; they seemed aware that their views are out of step with modern culture and will offend some but still felt their views were obviously correct.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
Probably the wall-papers will offend me, but at least I shall not have the whole of a countryside discussing my helplessness and the various stages of my illness.
From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
