bestirring

present participle of bestir

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestirring
Verb
  • Without wiping Dutch oven clean, add onions; cook over medium-high, stirring often, until softened and beginning to brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Cook the beef until brown, stirring occasionally to break up the meat into pistachio-sized bites.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Upon awakening to a loud fire alarm, EKG results showed an average heart rate of 180 beats per minute, as compared with an average of less than 70 while sleeping.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The black-flame candle has officially been lit—IYK, YK—awakening the city's spirit with a theme honoring the Big Apple itself.
    Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Leanos recalls her sister waking her up to tell her that the video was going viral.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This notion supports the continuity hypothesis of dreaming, which proposes that dream content often reflects aspects of a person’s waking life.
    Stacey Colino, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mike Evans could return, and the Johnsons (Kameron and Tez) pack arousing upside, but Otton is likely to earn the biggest target spike.
    Brad Evans, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But then Swift reveals the full conceit of the song, which is how flattering and even arousing it is to hear about someone thinking about you constantly (even if for negative reasons).
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Bestirring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestirring. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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