Nay, more, I shall noise it abroad it was for proffering brutal love to me thou wert slain; and I will send a special messenger to Sevenbergen: a cunning messenger, well taught his lesson.
Noticing the American, Malcolm crossed over to where he stood, proffering a cigarette.
Whereupon these businesses were handled from day to day betweene the king and the citizens, and they sollicited the king for the ransomming both of their city and of their liues, proffering him from time to time more greater gifts.
Showing to Louis the letter despatched to her, proffering the hand of the Lady Elizabeth to her son, she asked if that were not a more profitable party [See, for this curious passage of secret history, Sir H.
Standing erect, and outwardly calm again, he looked across at Andre-Louis who was proffering him a sheet of paper.
Yet was he troubled to think that men in that danger should so little esteem the kindness of him that so freely offered to help them, both by awakening of them, counseling of them, and proffering to help them off with their irons.
Under the hood of the staircase of the station of the elevated railroad he saw a little blind woman wrapped in a scant shawl, silently proffering half a dozen lead-pencils.
It is because of this common regard for our strange and many-sided city that I am giving myself the pleasure of proffering to you this little volume of vignettes.
Seeing the carriage stop at the side of the road the Irishwoman came forward, proffering her fruit.
A pale and thin young woman, in the uniform of the Salvation Army, stood wearily in the entrance, proffering the War Cry to all those who came near.
My wife receives a clothes-basketful of letters every morning from the mothers of the Confederacy proffering time, money, and service wherever she can suggest anything for them to do.
They chanted the Gloria Patri with trembling voices; the archbishop knelt at the bedside, proffering the pyx.
She drew forth a silver flagon and cups, proffering each of the three combatants a spiced wine that sent new life through their weariness.
In the East, the first act of hospitality is proffering the pipe with its invariable accompaniment coffee, which is more or less observed under various modifications over nearly the rest of the habitable world.
They regarded the cook with awe, and after proffering him a pint with respectful timidity, offered to give him a lift to Holebourne.
Your most obedient, Mr. Smithson,” said the Doctor, proffering his hand to the individual whom he thus addressed.
Speak to them of community of interests, try to show them the advantages of co-operation, and you might as well be proffering advice to the North Star.
Your hostess, proffering apple sauce, will ask, "Do you love sass?
Take this," I said, proffering the weapon over the gate.
The king saw that a bribe was wanted, and, proffering a golden necklace, promised it as the reward of her embassy.
The Hellespontines came to meet him, proffering their sister for the promised marriage.
Good-night," said Marian rather forlornly, after a pause, profferingher hand.
Susanna, instead of attempting to be beforehand in proffering the money, changed her mind, and waited.
Such a whiffing of pipes among the stately, half-drunk Indian chiefs you never saw, with a pompous proffering of the stem to the four corners of the compass, which they thought would propitiate the spirits.
Radisson, proffering his own sword with a gesture in place of the one that had gone into the sea, "and I had come to offer you twenty men to hold the fort!
She had, it seems, been bent upon proffering a last petition to King George, in case her attempt had failed.
He was always fertile in expedients, and audacious in proffering his petitions for mercy.
Fraid not, sir," replied the secretary, still proffering the newly-arrived telegram.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "proffering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
