confer
verb (used without object)
to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
were conferring
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past progressiveof confer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He also was impressed with the attention to detail on the set, like on the day when Taylor asked how Mary Lincoln would enter a room where Lincoln and Stanton were conferring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
The meeting means the lawyers were conferring with a Gubarev confidant who had supplied dossier information to Mr. Danchenko.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2021
Police and intelligence officials were conferring Wednesday on how to handle possible violence due to the start of the workplace virus mandate and the twin demonstrations.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
“They were conferring over lunch in a restaurant near the China-Vietnam border when several men speaking Chinese ordered them into a car,” Wang’s daughter, Ti-Anna Wang, recounted in a Post op-ed.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2016
The viceroy and his wife were simple and gracious in manner, and they made us feel that we were conferring as well as receiving honor.
From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong
