bestirs

verb

present tense third-person singular of bestir
as in stirs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestirs
  1. stirs
  2. awakens
  3. awakes
  4. arouses
  5. wakes
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  • While dealing with an impending counterattack from Oda, Murashige finds that trouble stirs in his own courts as mysterious deaths, from a child prisoner to other officials, end up mysteriously murdered.
    — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 27 July 2026
  • Innovative Uranus stirs your 3rd House of Communication, trining transformative Pluto in your 11th House of Friends and Community.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of stirs
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  • The Wall by Marlen Haushofer While vacationing in the Austrian Alps, a woman awakens to discover an invisible wall has cut her off from the rest of humanity.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
  • Uranus’ connection to Neptune awakens a bold idea within you!
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of awakens
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  • While preparing for a trip, he is rendered unconscious using knockout gas and awakes to find himself inside a perfect recreation of his own home, but this one is located in a mysterious settlement known as The Village.
    — William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Just at that moment, Jamie — our dream lover in every sense — awakes with a jolt.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of awakes
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  • More than three devices is considered a cluster that arouses interest.
    — Carolyn Forché, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That intense scarcity arouses a FOMO among very wealthy car lovers that allows Ferrari to charge prices like $250,000 for one of its entry-level cars, and $3 million for a hypercar like its F80.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of arouses
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  • But when Lucky wakes from a drugged sleep, Cary is gone and the money too, and police are pulling up outside.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • After their first union, Eamonn (the handsome son, of course) wakes to Aneeka praying.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of wakes
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