stir
Example Sentences
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As a former beauty pageant organizer, the president also notoriously comments on women's looks, once causing a diplomatic stir by praising Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Or maybe the rousing stories of ordinary people rising up against injustice stir something within him, something so deep that it allows him to forget which side of that conflict he’s on.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
The big V6 doesn’t make so much of a stir so it can get by with hydroelastic mounts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Downing Street has hit out at "people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division", after JD Vance's comments on the murder of Henry Nowak.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Jay still had the stick he’d used to stir the paint in his back pocket, and he took it out.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
Vocabulary lists containing stir
"Amigo Brothers" and "Lean on Me"
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"A Raisin in the Sun," "My Father is a Simple Man," and "My Mother Pieced Quilts"
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