Brass interjections, however, confer a sense of insecurity.

Second, languages are not just means of communication but contain our culture and history, conferring a sense of identity and rootedness on speakers.

Ham presents his narrative in the present tense, which sometimes confers a sense of immediacy, but grates over the long haul.

Despite its many pitfalls, the extended family in my old country conferred a sense of sharing and caring and the ethics of hard work.

These findings conferred a sense of historical dignity to the initiative, and transformed it into a project of reclamation for its natural public use.