OFFERING in a Sentence

Learn OFFERING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for OFFERING, such as:

1. He offered to go and attend to the matter.
2. And you won't get it for the wage you're offering.
3. He remained silent, not offering to defend himself.
4. They have offered a large amount of money as surety.
5. They are offering a reward for the return of their cat.

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 Meanings and Examples of OFFERING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
offering
 n.  the thing that is presented for sale
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As each offering went into the basket, there was applause and cheering.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  But--I owe it to the Cause--I--I couldn't think of myself when you were offering so much in gold.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  In desperation she raised the wage she was offering but she was still refused.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  And you won't get it for the wage you're offering.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  But even had the two been in closer contact, it was impossible to think of Mrs. Peniston's mind as offering shelter or comprehension to such misery as Lily's.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
6  She prayed to Jesus, always to the Son of God, offering him the terrible power of her adoration, addressing him as the eternal lover, growing passionate, exalted, large, as she contemplated his splendor.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
7  Come along here, I'll give ye a glim in a jiffy; and so saying he lighted a candle and held it towards me, offering to lead the way.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
8  You would have thought we were offering up ten thousand red oxen to the sea gods.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.
9  Even the mother was always offering me things, though I knew she expected substantial presents in return.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
10  When dusk came on, and the new moon hung in the sky, I went quietly to the Harlings' front door with my offering, rang the bell, and then ran away as was the custom.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIII
11  He was badly advised and went to work on furs during a strike, when the factories were offering big wages.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
12  "Take the fan," said Edna, offering it to him.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XV
13  He remained silent, not offering to defend himself.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XV
14  Jurgis was vexed when the cynical Jokubas translated these signs with sarcastic comments, offering to take them to the secret rooms where the spoiled meats went to be doctored.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
15  Ostrinski asked where he lived, offering to walk in that direction; and so he had to explain once more that he was without a home.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  For a man who held that to take even an ant's life is evil , the offering of a million lives gives one pause.
17  Miss as miss, miss read as offering, the chief read do not read.
18  I think the present she sent you was intended as a peace offering.
19  Many hotels are offering discounts in an attempt to attract punters/pull in the punters.
20  We have been successful because we are offering a quality service.
21  The fee they are offering bears no relation to the amount of work involved.
22  They are offering a reward for the return of their cat.
23  They are easily confused with the many startups that have recently launched new crypto currencies via an initial coin offering (ICO), a much hyped form of crowdfunding.
24  Following a barrage of criticism about the security of his recently unveiled Mega cloud storage service, Kim Dotcom is offering a $13,600 to anyone who can crack the cryptography.
25  In the two years since its rocky initial public offering, Facebook has become a strong business that regularly releases financial results that set investors' hearts aflutter.
26  Grants are being offered to farmers who agree to turn over their land to woodland and forests.
27  Most women will be offered an ultrasound scan during pregnancy, although it's not obligatory.
28  They have offered a large amount of money as surety.
29  I had no dollars, but offered him an equivalent amount of sterling.
30  He offered to go and attend to the matter.