bestowed

Example Sentences

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But the singer said his connection to fans was more important than any of the other honours bestowed upon him.

From BBC

Engineers from across the world bestowed the honour on the bridge, which crosses the river from Horncliffe in Northumberland to Fishwick in the Scottish Borders.

From BBC

Sir Grayson had the honour bestowed on him on Wednesday while wearing a "burgundy taffeta" dress, inspired by the coronation of King Charles III.

From BBC

This sequence is ostensibly there to introduce the film’s MacGuffin, Archimedes Antikythera, a real celestial calculation machine with extraordinary predictive capabilities that in the film is bestowed with some otherworldly powers.

From Washington Times

The Order of the Thistle can only be bestowed by the King himself.

From BBC