bestirs

present tense third-person singular of bestir

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestirs
Verb
  • For decades, scientists have considered the moon a dead world—a silent, unchanging landscape where nothing stirs.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Cardinal safety Budda Baker is still wreaking havoc and remains the proverbial straw that stirs the drink.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the fourth, a par three, awakens the senses with sweeping sea views, the smell of salt air, and the promise of what’s to come.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Gnawing paranoia inevitably awakens Pynchon’s characters to the matrix of control enveloping their lives.
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This arouses the ire of the town’s belligerent sheriff (Colin Hanks, playing against type) and crooked theme park owner (John Ortiz) who decide to get revenge on the apparent family man causing them trouble.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The moon’s clash with Chiron arouses your pessimistic side.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Smoothing round poppy seeds and sea salt—which do the gentle buffing—come suspended in a hunk of detoxifying French blue clay, nourishing olive fruit oil, and zingy peppermint essential oil, the latter of which wakes you up better than any iPhone alarm.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This wakes my kids who start crying.
    Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Bestirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestirs. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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