bestowal
Example Sentences
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While he no doubt hopes this bestowal of stiff punishment puts the issue to rest, that won’t be the case, anymore than the Mitchell Report ended the scourge of performance-enhancing drugs for baseball.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2020
With the bestowal of the Knopf emblem, the coursing Borzoi dog that has long served as an imprimatur of literary quality, he conferred on a book almost instant cachet.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2019
The Framers understood that corruption flows not merely from express exchanges of money for performance, but from the insidious distortion of loyalty arising from the bestowal of gifts and favors.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2019
This is Ms. Wright’s ode to the South — a generous bestowal from one of today’s great voices.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2017
The bestowal of the rank of the table companion conferred the right to eat at or near the table of the king, and occasionally to make merry with him.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
