bestowal

Example Sentences

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When applied to an individual, it’s both a recognition and a bestowal, affirmation of the artist’s contribution to the culture.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

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

The went to Michael Lewis, the man who coined the phrase, and conveyed his bestowal of blessings.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2012

In the apportionment of praise, he would resent a bestowal that made her unequal to himself; nor would he fail to recognize the services of his children.

From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by Smith, William Robert Lee