How to Use offing in a Sentence

offing

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  • The good news is that more help might be in the offing.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Low- to mid-90s will pepper the South, but records aren’t in the offing — yet.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 19 June 2022
  • And then more heartbreak seemed to be in the offing in 2019.
    — Steve Dimeglio, azcentral, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Judging by the events of the last year—and the last 30—that crisis may soon be in the offing.
    — Kevin Baker, New Republic, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Readings in the low- to mid-90s will pepper the South, but records aren't in the offing - yet.
    — Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2022
  • No snow appears to be in the offing over the next few days, though.
    — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • No massive, across-the-board cuts are in the offing for drug prices.
    — Calvin Woodward, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2020
  • With the Broad Street Run in the offing, a lot of people will be popping the pills.
    — Sandy Bauers, Philly.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • China plans to launch the Chang’e-5 probe to the moon later this year, with three more in the offing.
    — Saritha Rai / Bloomberg, Time, 12 June 2019
  • Such a scenario, of course, seems far from the offing now.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2017
  • And more trips are in the offing before the summer is over.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 3 June 2020
  • Beyond these three events, more eclipses are in the offing.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2017
  • With all in the offing against Medvedev, how does Djokovic prepare to be at his best?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Large protests against Line 3 also may be in the offing.
    — Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Both still aim at full-time programs though that might not be in the offing for 2019.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2018
  • But with a fresh round of stimulus in the offing, all bets are off.
    — Fortune, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Some changes to the team’s defensive staff appear to be in the offing.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • What’s next for you — is there a motherhood project in the offing?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022
  • Then there were Stone and Jones, who made the video about their suspicions that a coup was in the offing.
    — Jeremy W. Peters, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
  • Save for Returnal, of course, all that’s in the offing.
    — Peter Rubin, Wired, 12 May 2021
  • A trans-Atlantic divorce -- or parting of the ways -- has long been in the offing.
    — Parag Khanna, CNN, 31 May 2017
  • The group plans to be here for about a week, with bear viewing, fishing and a trip to Denali in the offing.
    — Matt Nevala, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2021
  • There’s not much sign of a breakthrough in the offing, but markets rallied on the news.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
  • In 2018, remedies for both these affronts may be in the offing.
    — David Freeman, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2017
  • Joe Glass learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Does all of that mean a record 10th championship at the French Open, the lone clay-court major, is in the offing?
    — OregonLive.com, 17 May 2017
  • No one’s talking and there’s no word if anything might be in the offing.
    — Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2020
  • But while that was the tipping point, Wilson says a schism was already in the offing.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 June 2017
  • More cutbacks could be in the offing in the months ahead in Portland and other large Oregon districts that have seen the steepest enrollment drops since the onset of the pandemic.
    — oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Some form of artificial turf seems in the offing here, though a design of more resilient native grasses would have been better.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021

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