| For them, the millenary celebrations proffered an avenue to the rebuilding of the cultural self-confidence needed to continue ruling the empire. |
| Weeks of training on the quarterdeck had firmed the muscles, but minds were too easily seduced by the proffered friendship. |
| Theories were suggested, opinions were proffered, heads of channels pontificated. |
| As long as they don't flagrantly violate good taste, magazines should run whatever ads are proffered. |
| In the sestet we hear his revealingly equivocal reply to the proffered charge of aloofness. |
| Dawson reaches for a Danish pastry from the basket proffered to him by his publishers. |
