stirrings

noun

plural of stirring
as in movements
the act or an instance of changing position I thought I detected a slight stirring of the leaves, and yet there wasn't a breath of wind

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Recent Examples of stirrings More likely she was hooked by the subliminal stirrings and emotional undertow of the music. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026 At the center of the story is Géo, a five-year-old boy discovering friendship, rivalry and the first stirrings of romance. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 Still, for all the familiarity and the sturdy nature of the advance, some macro shifts and internal stirrings are worthy of some attention, especially as global tech stocks face a bit of a shakeout overnight Tuesday . — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 June 2026 Founding Fathers will go from the stirrings of revolution to the long and bloody fight for independence, and on into the early years of the American republic. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 May 2026 Those principles inspired the first stirrings of experimental education in the United States. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026 The first stirrings of the heat wave arrived Sunday, toppling daily high temperature records in Redwood City and San Rafael. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026 There are already stirrings suggesting that Democrats will try again. — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2026 Only a small percentage of Costco’s workforce is unionized, but the company has seen new stirrings of union activity in recent years. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stirrings
  1. movements
  2. shifts
  3. moves
  4. motions
  5. stirs
Noun
  • Under the White House pool system, the networks -- ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC -- rotate responsibilities for gathering and distributing footage of the president's daily movements.
    — Miriam Waldvogel, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than relying solely on better control software, the team is investigating whether designing the robot’s mass, inertia, and force characteristics differently can make complex movements easier to achieve.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of movements
Noun
  • Cindy Galán and Isabel Spencer were equally important because the film depends on the relationships among the women inside the house and how those relationships begin to change as the hierarchy shifts.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In the third period, with his team trailing, his ice time was limited, but, during one of his few shifts, a pass came from behind the net and went through his legs for a Swayzes goal.
    — Richie McGinniss, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of shifts
Noun
  • Vaccarello, meanwhile, has already hinted that his any moves might take him beyond fashion.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Jake Johnson has been making a ton of moves lately in his acting career, segueing from one high profile project to the next.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of moves
Noun
  • Garnett’s ruling on the motions will determine whether the case proceeds.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike demonstrations based only on predefined motions, this open interaction allowed visitors to observe the robot’s dynamic stability and control performance under external disturbances, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of motions
Noun
  • Refrigerated pie crust helps this pie come together with just a few stirs of the whisk.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Stirrings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stirrings. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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