bestowal
Example Sentences
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We pointed out that in tribal culture, the bestowal of a name carries with it a duty to live up to that name.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021
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
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 went to Michael Lewis, the man who coined the phrase, and conveyed his bestowal of blessings.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2012
The Seraph had marked his confidence in me by the bestowal of a latch-key.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen
