bestow

Example Sentences

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And because we can learn from it, the authority we bestow on the dictionary is gratifyingly reciprocal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

She had traveled to the basilica from her home in Tabasco state to beg Guadalupe to bestow on her at least one child.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

In response to outcry over the plan to include Suharto, Prabowo's office had insisted he has the right to bestow the title upon whomever he chooses.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

The figure resembles a yakshi - a powerful primordial nature spirit that can bestow both "abundance and fertility, as well as death and disease" - recognisable through her floral headdress, jewellery and full figure.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

They’d discuss what kind of destiny the name would bestow upon the child.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff