PROFFER in a Sentence
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19 example sentences for PROFFER, such as:
1. And therewith she proffered her gage.
2. Magua held out the wallet to the proffer of the other.
3. He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.
4. Lawrence Selden was among those who had yielded to the proffered inducements.
5. The committee will proffer the deal that would satisfy all those in the meeting.
2. Magua held out the wallet to the proffer of the other.
3. He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.
4. Lawrence Selden was among those who had yielded to the proffered inducements.
5. The committee will proffer the deal that would satisfy all those in the meeting.
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Meanings and Examples of PROFFER
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proffer
v. hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 Impulses of sympathy came naturally to her, and it was instinctive to proffer her help to Mrs. Fisher.
2 And in August, high in air, the beautiful and bountiful horse-chestnuts, candelabra-wise, proffer the passer-by their tapering upright cones of congregated blossoms.
3 Magua held out the wallet to the proffer of the other.
4 She had already unclasped two costly bracelets and a collar, which she hastened to proffer to the supposed outlaw, concluding naturally that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favour.
5 It was impossible to doubt that, whatever painful efficacy there might be in the secret sting of remorse, a deadlier venom had been infused into it by the hand that proffered relief.
6 And again, for anything I knew, the proffered information might have some important bearing on the flight itself.
7 Turning from the building in a downcast manner, Mr. Micawber accepted my proffered arm on one side, and the proffered arm of Traddles on the other, and walked away between us.
8 She sank into the proffered chair, glaring at the discomfited fat captain, and gave her name.
9 Lawrence Selden was among those who had yielded to the proffered inducements.
10 He lit Selden's proffered cigarette, and continued, in his high-pitched drawling tone: "None of my business, of course, but I didn't introduce her to the Duchess."
11 Moreover, we are knights and soldiers as well as men of religion, and shame it were to us upon any pretence, to refuse proffered combat.
12 And therewith she proffered her gage.
13 'You'll make your fortune, Mr. Sowerberry,' said the beadle, as he thrust his thumb and forefinger into the proffered snuff-box of the undertaker: which was an ingenious little model of a patent coffin.
14 But the guest declined the proffered heel-tickling, and, on his hostess taking her departure, hastened to divest himself of his clothing, both upper and under, and to hand the garments to Fetinia.
15 For hardly can it be that I failed to note their overtures and the loftiness of their motives, or that I would not have accepted any wise and useful advice proffered.
Example Sentence:
1 The committee will proffer the deal that would satisfy all those in the meeting.
2 He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.