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242 example sentences for CONFER, such as:
1. I should like some time to confer with my lawyer.
2. They do everything to confer happiness, I am sure.
3. He conferred with Hill and the others in his office.
4. The university conferred its highest degree on the statesman.
5. The prime minister delivered the keynote address at the conference.
2. They do everything to confer happiness, I am sure.
3. He conferred with Hill and the others in his office.
4. The university conferred its highest degree on the statesman.
5. The prime minister delivered the keynote address at the conference.
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Meanings and Examples of CONFER
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confer
v. have a conference in order to talk something over
Classic Sentence: (122 in 9 pages)
1 He listened in silence, and finally promised to confer with the physician.
2 You pretend to have bought it for yourself, but you have really done so to confer a benefit on him.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
3 If, on the eve of such a departure, you will accompany our mutual friend, Mr. Thomas Traddles, to our present abode, and there reciprocate the wishes natural to the occasion, you will confer a Boon.
4 'In the meantime, confer with Miss Trotwood, or with any person with any knowledge of life,' said Mr. Spenlow, adjusting his cravat with both hands.
5 Nevertheless, it is your undoubted prerogative to confer on whom you please this crown, by the delivery of which to the lady of your choice, the election of to-morrow's Queen will be formal and complete.
6 We shall then have your willing sanction, good Cedric," said Prince John, "to confer this fief upon a person whose dignity will not be diminished by holding land of the British crown.
7 They do everything to confer happiness, I am sure.
8 For it is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In CHAPTER X — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF A...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER X — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF A...
9 And these are the kind of improvements which confer reputation and power upon a new prince.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ...
10 My Dear Sir: Harvard University desired to confer on you at the approaching Commencement an honorary degree; but it is our custom to confer degrees only on gentlemen who are present.
11 So Van Helsing has gone to confer with Mrs. Harker and Harker; Quincey and Art are all out following up the clues as to the earth-boxes.
12 Under the circumstances we agreed, by a questioning look and answer, with finger on lip, to preserve silence in our suspicions, until we should have been able to confer alone again.
13 I know no one in Paris, Morrel, on whom I could confer that honor besides you and your brother Emmanuel.
14 You forget, dear sir, that we confer with an officer, distinguished alike in Europe and America for his deeds.
15 The animals decided unanimously to create a military decoration, "Animal Hero, First Class," which was conferred there and then on Snowball and Boxer.
Example Sentence: (120 in 9 pages)
1 If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always.
2 I should like some time to confer with my lawyer.
3 She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision.
4 The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all; and to "burst" with boldness and good-will into "the silent sea" of their souls is often to confer on them the first of obligations.
5 The university conferred its highest degree on the statesman.
6 The university conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
7 He conferred with Hill and the others in his office.
8 An aide said Clinton will announce his plan Wednesday after conferring with a White House-led task force on climate change.
9 The prime minister delivered the keynote address at the conference.
10 Political leaders have reached a tentative agreement to hold a preparatory conference next month.
11 Research is also advanced by frequent conference to exchange experience.
12 The RSC was calling a press conference to announce the theatre's closure.
13 More societies are expected to announce mortgage rate increases during the Conservative Party conference this week.
14 The conference brought together historians working in a variety of fields.
15 The press conference was followed by a walkabout and a factory visit.