Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestirred
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However, not even 15 minutes later, Schoen was awakened by his 93-year-old mother, who alerted him to the rapidly rising water outside.—
Abrielle Kate Maddison,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026 -
The first, a hustler named Neil (Joseph Gordon Levitt), spends his days chasing feelings his little league coach awakened him all those years ago, while his shy, developmentally stunted former teammate Brian (Brady Corbet) can’t shake the belief that he was abducted by aliens as a kid.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That look stirred me and made my heart jump.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Like natural peanut butter, tahini should be stirred before being used.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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As his health dwindled, Proust took a particular interest in the case of an Irish revolutionary that aroused much public sympathy in France and elsewhere during the War of Independence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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This coming game has aroused a great deal of interest throughout the state, and many will go to Athens to witness the event and wear the colors of their favorite team.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Billions of the alewives, a small silvery invasive fish, died that summer and awoke citizens to the fact that something was wrong with the region’s greatest natural resource.—
Theodore J. Karamanski,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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At Long Beach Little League, kids, parents and league officials awoke in late January to find that every bit of copper had been torn out their home field, stolen by thieves.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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At about two this morning, the familiar howl of air-raid sirens woke me in the center of Kyiv, followed by the low thuds of anti-aircraft cannons attempting to shoot down Russian drones.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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That one near the end of the half woke Hall up.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Bestirred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestirred. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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