They asked for a moment alone and pretended to confer among themselves.

Or they could stand silent considering some proposition, and yet confer among themselves meanwhile.

Her advisors remained at the back of the arena conferring among themselves.

It confers, among other things, a rare kind of artistic freedom.

This visit confers much prestige among the other human servants.

Again a surge of amusement, and then a feeling as if they had withdrawn, conferred among themselves.

The Council members leaned forward to confer among themselves in low voices.

The men conferred among themselves, and one went off by himself.

Probably the servants were conferring among themselves, reluctant to advance until they knew more.

He paused to give the people a chance to confer hastily among themselves.