bestir
Example Sentences
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If the United States needs workers and desperate people in flight want to work, as Mr. Thiessen correctly argued, then Congress should bestir itself and reform the legal immigration system.
From Washington Post
Travel across the plains of western Minnesota and you’ll find plenty of people who are bestirred by a new and often dark vision of America.
From Seattle Times
So, forgive me if the sudden rush on vasectomy clinics fails to bestir my gratitude.
From Washington Post
But before Americans bestir themselves to act, they must come to understand that the threat is real and the danger is here.
From Salon
Will they bestir themselves to action, or simply shrug their shoulders and accept what is already happening?
From Salon
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