Words similar to offing

Example sentences for: offing

How can you use “offing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Federal Reserve officials then hastened to assure the press that a rise in interest rates was not in the offing, and that Greenspan's expressions of concern were merely expressions of concern.
Also in the offing apparently were pancreases, livers, lungs and skin.
The paper quotes Speaker Dennis Hastert opining that there is a tax agreement with the White House in the offing.
(For a quick Tibet refresher, check the Washington Post .) Despite a conciliatory exchange between Presidents Clinton and Jiang in Beijing last Saturday, no easy resolutions are in the offing.
Ralph Nader, for example, notes that if Office Max now supports the merger, which it does, that makes you wonder how much real competition is in the offing.