bestir
Example Sentences
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The facts of this case, he said, are “bound to bestir passion in the hearts and minds of any rational person.”
From Seattle Times
“There was indeed perishing; many indeed died of it. ... No longer could they move, no longer could they bestir themselves ... And when they bestirred themselves, much did they cry out.”
From Los Angeles Times
For a New York Times reporter endangered in Egypt, the administration does not bestir itself, as Times publisher A.G.
From Washington Post
It is hardly shameful to bestir Trump loyalists in the coming campaign with the message that their candidate has little to offer beyond policies that appeal to racists.
From Washington Post
China has thought Trump a fool for so long, little he does bestirs the giant from its machinations.
From Washington Post
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