- present participle of stir.
stirring
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It was a stirring sight — and yet a sad one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
At Mars, the solar wind appears to produce a similar effect by "stirring" the outer boundary of the upper atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
"It'd all go to waste otherwise," he told AFP, while stirring a metre-radius metal pan perched atop a gas burner filled with ratatouille.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
But the illness brought on by the worms, and the stirring awareness of her mortality, activates what Ms. Day calls a “coup of the primordial.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Bobby’s chess dragon was not only stirring in the cave, it was lashing its tail.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Celtic took care of Rangers on Sunday to set up the grandest finale, a round of fixtures on Wednesday and then the last stirrings on Saturday.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
And everywhere the ambient stirrings of the 16-speaker Bang & Olufsen mega-audio with integrated noise canceling, featuring a “Quiet mode” that allows adults in front to talk without waking the kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
He left his role as CEO of WWE in 2022 when the first stirrings of those accusations began to circulate.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2024
Despite the stirrings of discontent, the ruling party still enjoys considerable support.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
Most important of all, the resistance that African Americans demonstrated during the riots in Washington, Chicago, Elaine, and elsewhere were the first stirrings of what would develop into a movement that would change America forever.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
