How To Use Bestir In A Sentence
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We learned from the Urban League's Achievement Campaign that youngsters will respond if only the adults in the proverbial village bestir themselves to inspire and then recognize them.
Hugh B. Price: Community Mobilization: A Missing Link in School Reform
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They skipped and hopped, momentarily seeming to catch bits of bestirred air.
Times, Sunday Times
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The really sad part is the average US citizen is not paying attention, as long as they have their cars and their munchies they they see no further need to bestir themselves.
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Notwithstanding this, he became indignant when the so-called "Avellaneda" published his prolongation of the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and he bestirred himself to furnish his own rounding out of the story and to make all other spurious sequels impossible by killing off his hero.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
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They should use bestir mechanism to mobilize high qualification nurses' work ardor , stabilize nursing troop, provide better working situation and surrounding for front line worker.
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We might be disinclined to ‘bestir ourselves to purge/the unholy
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You have roused the families, and they are bestirring themselves.
Ursula
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Catpewk Diary Entry
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Gladly will I bestir the deedy hands, everywhere behold where thou hast need of me; bepraise the rich pomp of thy splendour; pursue unwearied the lovely harmonies of thy skilled handicraft; gladly contemplate the thoughtful pace of thy mighty, radiant clock; explore the balance of the forces and the laws of the wondrous play of countless worlds and their seasons; but true to the
Rampolli
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To give them justice, they did indeed bestir themselves by late afternoon enough to try, but I was out.
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I might even bestir myself to buy an actual paper copy of the Indy to see.
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We do have the capacity to rise up as a body politic and let our voices be heard and rescue ourselves from our five years caricature of democracy, but we do not often bestir ourselves to do so.
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Shadows lurk near the entrances to alleys, but none bestir themselves to trouble us.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
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While ringing the bell of universality, I pose a question for observers of Christmas, one that bestirs itself to haunt me in a tuneful way each holiday season, and so I pass my quizzical spirit of Christmas past along to you …
Go ahead, hang a shining star upon the highest bough and... you know...
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And there are no signs of their bestirring themselves. - This is why a plea needs to be posted directly to the Chief Justice of India.
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We left him bestirring himself to feed the fowls, and we sat down to our punch in the arbor; where Wemmick told me, as he smoked a pipe, that it had taken him a good many years to bring the property up to its present pitch of perfection.
Great Expectations
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Did they bestir themselves on my trail, their dogs were too fat, and themselves too lean, to overtake me; also, I deemed their bestirring would be of an order for which I had made due preparation.
A HYPERBOREAN BREW
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Attorney General Michael Aondoakaa bestirs with the mantra of “rule of law” when it comes to legal jeopardy for former and serving public officials accused of betraying the public trust.
Nigerian Police Turn to Gangster Tactics
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These chairs were built to his measure, though he is seldom bestirring himself from Pentos to sit in them.
The Headless Brother
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Most afternoons I manage to bestir myself, and walk the plank to buy my bread and butter under the stares of the townsfolk.
52449_CLARA
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He is as energetic on behalf of another as he is careless where his own interests are concerned; and if he bestirs himself, it is for a friend.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
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Much to the satisfaction of their spectators and neutrals alike, the locals bestirred themselves in the remaining section of the half.
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In the anxious interregnum before the Jan. 20 Inauguration, Permanent Washington bestirs itself, extending its hand and digging in its heels at the same time.
CLINTON'S CHALLENGE
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He never bestirred himself to even housebreak his dogs.
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In this blank zone, they sit at their desks and stare off into space and gradually bestir themselves to write jacket copy or arrive at publishing or editorial decisions that make sense at the time, many things make sense in the blank zone.
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Most afternoons I manage to bestir myself, and walk the plank to buy my bread and butter under the stares of the townsfolk.
52449_CLARA
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And of course, when an Arab bestirs himself with unrestrained fury and takes out his incendiary, blind anger on the West, we will say it has nothing to do with us.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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On the other hand, there are the simple-minded folk, who neither suspect the origin of future troubles nor bestir themselves to deal with the cause of their woes.
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They might have discovered, if they had bestirred themselves, that New York doesn't have to be Moscow-on-the-Hudson but could become a normal two-party town like most of America.
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Miss Deborah and the other teachers sat in the shade, bestirring themselves only when one of their charges grew too rambunctious.
DIAMOND RUBY
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We don't have to bestir ourselves to do anything to help.
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The Seven Sleepers had to wake up and bestir themselves.
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When the man found that we were going to stay all night he bestirred himself, dragged some of the things to one side and put down a shake-down of pulu (the silky covering of the fronds of one species of tree-fern), with a sheet over it, and a gay quilt of orange and red cotton.
The Hawaiian Archipelago
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We took him away, and cleaned him - the removal of vast amounts of dirt did quite a lot, and when the Godmother asked us to come by today, I finally bestirred myself to get out the acrylics, and poodlefake.
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Not to bestir the busybodies at the FTC, but the limitations Time Warner and Cablevision place on their cable apps amount to an agreement not to compete.
Cable, Innovative? You Don't Say!
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The reason the safety commission is suddenly bestirring itself is the federal government is moving to revise the Nuclear Liability Act.
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Marching in a demonstration, by contrast, is among the most active forms of participation in political life. Demonstrators have bestirred themselves, put off other plans, braved the elements, flung themselves into action.
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He finally bestirred himself
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Well then he struts, stands on tiptoes, bustles, and bestirs his stumps, shoves and makes way, and with much ado clambers up a sycamore.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
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It was easier when the body politic watched the jiggling mammaries on TV and drank beer by the caseload to forget their domestic trifles, but that darn internet went from being a cybernetic version of the Home Shopping Network for fatasses incapable of bestirring themselves beyond their own barcalounger, to something that could actually be used to communicate concepts requiring critical thinking and studied responses.
Firedoglake » It’s High Time for Some Truth
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While uttering these words I looked at Agnolino Gaddi, whose eyes were starting from their sockets in his terror, and who was more than half dead, and said to him: Agnolo, in time and place like this we must not yield to fright, but do the utmost to bestir ourselves; therefore, up at once, and fling a handful of that assafetida upon the fire.
LXIV
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It seemed as if the giant insurance behemoth had bestirred itself to face competition in a liberalised environment.
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If all the admirers of these two books would but bestir themselves and look into the matter, I am sure that Sterne’s only too clever assault would be relegated to its proper place and assessed at its right value as a mere boutade.
Travels through France and Italy
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They should use bestir mechanism to mobilize high qualification nurses' work ardor , stabilize nursing troop, provide better working situation and surrounding for front line worker.
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While uttering these words I looked at Agnolino Gaddi, whose eyes were starting from their sockets in his terror, and who was more than half dead, and said to him: Agnolo, in time and place like this we must not yield to fright, but do the utmost to bestir ourselves; therefore, up at once, and fling a handful of that assafetida upon the fire.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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Gladly will I bestir the deedy hands, everywhere behold where thou hast need of me; bepraise the rich pomp of thy splendour; pursue unwearied the lovely harmonies of thy skilled handicraft; gladly contemplate the thoughtful pace of thy mighty, radiant clock; explore the balance of the forces and the laws of the wondrous play of countless worlds and their seasons; but true to the
Rampolli
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Free Cable* TV cubbyhole boss cytology b's bracket nation gauntlet chairperson trustworthy hendrick praise pubescent bookbind aflame archival resolution laminate dehumidify centrex christoffel inflict autocracy stupid minion bravo consecrate clutter middleweight version bash dogwood lavabo term beechwood chaparral poseur begetting deviate margaret caliphate obstinacy chablis bestirring bevel abstain aberdeen cavil audiotape scurrilous rupture tomb schelling slug loudspeaker tame barnhard rotten chatty barbudo cyanide bach bethlehem redstone
Catpewk Diary Entry
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I pose a question, one that bestirs itself to haunt me in a tuneful way each Christmas, and so I pass my quizzical spirit of Christmas past along to you … Did you “hang a shining star upon the highest bough” or merely “muddle through somehow” this Christmas season?
Go ahead, hang a shining star upon the highest bough and... you know...
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I heard she actually bestirred herself sufficiently to smile twice on the occasion, but I missed the broadcast personally so I still don't believe it.
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We therefore call for both police and operators to bestir themselves and stop the rot between them.
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As the investor Benjamin Graham wrote in 1951: "Poor management is often paid more than it deserves; but here, if the stockholders bestir themselves at all, they should devote their efforts to changing personnel rather than pay.
A Chance to Veto a CEO's Bonus
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Whereupon Snettishane, with visions of his incalculable interest keeping him awake of nights, thought it time to bestir himself.
THE MARRIAGE TO LIT-LIT
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Strangely, they just keep pontificating and “being concerned” and never bother to bestir themselves to actually research theissue.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Major legal win for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
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We must bestir ourselves to get there on time.
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He was too lazy to bestir himself even to answer the telephone.
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If there had been an assault, maybe they would bestir themselves.
Behind the Mask: Two Very Scary Things
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Thereupon McNamara roused the commanding officer at the post and requested him to accoutre a troop and have them ready to march at daylight, then bestirred the
The Spoilers
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Auto workers should ask themselves: when in recent memory has the UAW bestirred itself to defend a victimized worker?
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Most afternoons I manage to bestir myself, and walk the plank to buy my bread and butter under the stares of the townsfolk.
52449_CLARA
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Marching in a demonstration, by contrast, is among the most active forms of participation in political life. Demonstrators have bestirred themselves, put off other plans, braved the elements, flung themselves into action.
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And when he would entertain Priam, he again bestirs himself, kills a white ewe, joints and dresses it, and in that work spent a great part of the night.
Symposiacs
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Elsewhere, through the agency of the great railway companies, some of which are bestirring themselves in this matter with a gallantry and generosity deserving of all praise.
Speeches: Literary and Social
