How To Use Bestow In A Sentence

It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
Now Tyndareus bestowed me on thy father not that I or any children I might bear should be slain. Electra
He considers the mode of assorting the cards in each hand; often counting trump by trump, and honor by honor, through the glances bestowed by their holders upon each. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when Kamar al-Zaman, son of King Shahriman, went to the Hammam, his father in his joy at this event freed the prisoners, and presented splendid dresses to his grandees and bestowed large alm-gifts upon the poor and bade decorate the city seven days. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
To begin with the surface is coherent – now and again she smiles sadly at the charm he manages to bestow on that foul-smelling tannery – but as she turns the pages she sees it start to break down. Rachel Cusk | Portraits

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Everything was explained in it -- everything made clear; and gradually she realised the natural, strong and pardonable craving of the rich, unloved man, to seek out for himself some means whereby he might leave all his world's gainings to one whose kindness to him had not been measured by any knowledge of his wealth, but which had been bestowed upon him solely for simple love's sake. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches
I thought I could bestow beauty like a benediction and that your half-dark flesh would answer to the prayer.
Gregory's procedure was little less revolutionary than that of the King, but the claim to depose might appear as only a concomitant to the power already wielded by Popes in bestowing crowns, while for Gregory it had by this time become the copingstone in the fabric of those relations between Church and State which he and his party were building up. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304
Commander of the Faithful, Abd al-Malik bin Marwan, who hath heard tell of the lord Solomon, son of David (on whom be peace!) and of that which the Most High bestowed upon him of supreme dominion; how he held sway over Jinn and beast and bird and was wont when he was wroth with one of the Marids, to shut him in a cucurbite of brass and, stopping its mouth on him with lead, whereon he impressed his seal ring, to cast him into the sea of Al – Karkar. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Warmest congratulations to Jarlath on this very special honour which is being bestowed on him this weekend.
It vexed him that the golden deeds of his youth had been largely forgotten and that no knighthood had been bestowed. Times, Sunday Times
Even at its zenith in the mid-20th century, mink had few rivals, with only sable and the pelts of big cats bestowing anywhere near the same prestige.
The powers bestowed by this statute are completely unlimited, restricted by no law or institution.
Patrons remained in the superior social position, even if they failed to reciprocate their clients' public bestowals of loyalty and honor.
If your poverty of expression compel you to make any distinction between the two, we would certainly recommend your bestowing more admiration on his garden than his wine. Sketches by Boz
You know, like the ones you and my brothers bestow willy-nilly on every taproom maid, doxy, and opera dancer in your acquaintance. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
From this oft-repeated prophecy Collins was known to every stockman in three States as the Coyote Prophet, the title a jeering one at first, then bestowed with increasing respect as men saw many of his prophecies fulfilled. The Yellow Horde
While on his quest for the 12 talismans, Jackie discovers that each one has unique mystical powers, which are bestowed upon its holder.
Flavonoids are the most powerful health bestowing constituent of tonic herbs.
This right was bestowed on us by emperors, rajas and nawabs.
I. ii.112 (161,2) Do I impart toward you] I believe _impart_ is, _impart myself_, _communicate_ whatever I can bestow. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies
I consider Sister Stephanie to be a saint, and I feel great pleasure in beholding the merits of Sister Casilda, and the favours which our Lord bestows upon her ever since she put on the habit. The Letters of St. Teresa
I sat back on my haunches, breathing heavily, and casting what I could only imagine to be the fiercest glower of animosity I'd ever bestowed upon another human being.
When an honour is bestowed, it isn't just for me. Daily Readings with Mother Theresa
Gervace, Abbot of Westminster, natural son of King Stephen, aliened the Manor of Chelchithe; he bestowed it upon his mother, Dameta, to be held by her in fee, paying annually to the church at Westminster the sum of £4. Chelsea The Fascination of London
Or was the bestowal of a glass of wine regarded as a necessary courtesy in broaching or sealing these unsentimental transactions?
And those members of the body which we think to be less honourable, on these we bestow greater honour; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty’.
Some Indian Ceres or Minerva must have been the inventor and bestower of it; and when the reign of poetry commences here, its leaves and string of nuts may be represented on our works of art.
'It would be wise not to anger those who bestowed such a beauteous paragon upon thee. THE ANCIENT FUTURE: THE DARK AGE
Meanwhile local people are bestowed the privilege of renting. Times, Sunday Times
It is not enough if you just live life as it comes to you like a floating leaf in a pond. Make use of the powers bestowed in you and soar like an eagle. Stephen Richards
In so moche that Ptolomeus Lagus reigning in Egipt, when there chaunced a cowe to die in Memphis for very age: he that had taken charge of the kepyng of her, bestowed vpon the buriall of her (beside a greate some of mony that was giuen him for the keping) fiftie talentes of siluer, that he borowed of Ptolome. The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; -- the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!
What seems indisputable is that sporting immortality couldn't be bestowed on a more modest or endearing human being. Times, Sunday Times
In the first, because of the large sums obliged to be levied off them, as compensation to those whose cattle were maliciously houghed, or whose houses were burned; and in the latter, because of the great boon (the grant to improve the river) bestowed on Ireland by that government of which Lord Normanby was a prominent member. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844
Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me. Chapter 16
What eminent gifts are poured out in the days wherein we live! what light is bestowed! what pains in preaching! how is the dispensation of the word multiplied! The Sermons of John Owen
In bestowing the sovereignty on the King of Prussia, care was taken that he should confirm all the doubtful privileges of the people; for it is a fundamental maxim of this little state, "_that the sovereignty resides not in the person of the prince, but in the state_". A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium
He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember it.
Despite the fact that nature has been harsh and cruel to Afghanistan it has been generous in bestowing bounties of sorts.
Himself in Himself, after a fashion which we can neither describe nor conceive, predestinating all things, formed them as He pleased, bestowing harmony on all things, and assigning them their own place, and the beginning of their creation. ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
The Lord Lieutenant High Honour is bestowed once a year by the Lord Lieutenant of each county.
Encouraged by politicians, many adults indulge the infantile fantasy that the Government can bestow gifts on us while imposing costs on no one. Times, Sunday Times
They seemed to feel they had me under their protection, and vied with each other in bestowing upon me the most considerate attention of which they were capable. With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior
The pope continued: It can be seen that the Christian, even before acting, already has a rich and fecund interiority bestowed by the sacraments of baptism and confirmation, interiority established in an objective and unique relationship of sonhood with God. General Audience: Spirit pushes Christians towards love, communion and hope
But football can bestow incredible social status on those with skill.
Romney is obviously betting an extremist line on immigration will help him going into South Carolina and dispel any notion that he is a "Massachusetts moderate", the label bestowed upon him by Newt Gingrich. David Leopold: Mitt Romney May Well Regret Kris Kobach's Endorsement
Fred Wye bestowed a somewhat indecorous caress on his wife, caught Miss Rondel's eye, and reddened. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
Her story deeply touches me, and I think she fully deserves the various titles and honours bestowed upon her.
This objection, however, or some other, rather political than moral, obtained such prevalence, that when Gay produced a second part, under the name of Polly, it was prohibited by the lord chamberlain; and he was forced to recompense his repulse by a subscription, which is said to have been so liberally bestowed, that what he called oppression ended in profit. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II
The paper is written in the character of a travelling and philosophical American, who pours forth his thoughts on the opera; the topics being the deterioration of music as an art, the small beneficial result that follows so much outlay and such a combination of artistical skill, the amount of training bestowed on the singers and dancers, greater than that which produces great men, and the company before the curtain, together with reflections thereanent. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852
The appellation of Roumelia, which is still bestowed by the The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Twenty-two people were awarded the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo - the highest decoration South Africa bestows on non-citizens.
It was bestowed on me by the tante of my Jewish girlfriend back in the 80′s. With Ann Coulter on the Jewish Conversion Tour
Oh, Fernand; this may not be; and thou canst purchase the power to bestow unperishing youth, unchanging beauty upon me; the power, moreover, to transport us hence, and render us happy in inseparable companionship for long, long years to come. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
We popped into the Frogshole Farm, asked the barman for the usual, and had two fine gammon steaks bestowed upon us.
Bartle kept his eye on the moving figure till it passed into the darkness, while Vixen, in a state of divided affection, had twice run back to the house to bestow a parenthetic lick on her puppies. Adam Bede
Both men were well worthy of the honour bestowed on them and should be an example to others to put in the same effort in their native place.
Such a nice bibliomaniacal fancy must have delighted Dibdin; and as he was at one time librarian at Althorpe, he doubtless was the medium of bestowing this charm upon the binding of his own work for his friend. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
Let her work for you in return for this; she don't ask alms, she only wants employment and a little kindness, and the best charity we can bestow is to see that she has both. An Old-Fashioned Girl
Selborne "few or no writers on Natural History, save Mr. Gosse and poor Mr. Edward Forbes, have had the power of bringing out the human side of science, and giving to seemingly dry disquisitions ... that living and personal interest, to bestow which is generally the special function of the poet. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
He was survived by his niece Myrsene and his older brother Evangelos, who was bestowed the writ of condolence from the mayor of Athens on behalf of the nation at the funeral. Odysseas elytis | calendar of an invisible april « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
The word 'dalai' itself means 'ocean' in Mongolian, and the title of Dalai Lama, or "Ocean of Wisdom" was bestowed in the 1500s by Genghis Khan descendant Altan Khan, who ordered Mongols to practice Buddhism. Revival of Monasticism in Mongolia
His character is oily and unctuous, bestowing kisses upon any woman in reach, including cringing audience members.
The name was taken out of the Psalms for the Fourteenth Day of the Month, and was bestowed on her in obedience to her father's conviction that, where parents were constrained to give their child so indistinctive a surname as Smith, they ought to counterbalance it with a Christian name more original and vivacious. Sydney Smith
The goddess is now depicted as a blind power, and hence as completely careless and indiscriminate in the bestowal of her gifts.
I am obliged always to use the English word 'Grace' in two senses, but remember that the Greek [Greek: charis] includes them both (the bestowing, that is to say, of Beauty and Mercy); and especially it includes these in the passage of Pindar's first ode, which gives us the key to the right interpretation of the power of sculpture in Greece. Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870
At the sound of the nickname carelessly bestowed upon her Keineth drew in her breath quickly. Keineth
The term ‘awards’ is an all-inclusive term covering any decoration, medal, badge, ribbon, or appurtenance bestowed on an individual or unit.
It proved as he anticipated, for Wakatta, who must have received a highly flattering account of us from Eiulo, was not satisfied until he had bestowed upon each one of us, Johnny included, similar tokens of his regard, Max rushing forward, with an air of "empressement," and taking the initiative, as he had promised. The Island Home
Now, though Captain Riga had not been guilty of any particular outrage against the sailors; yet, by a thousand small meannesses -- such as indirectly causing their allowance of bread and beef to be diminished, without betraying any appearance of having any inclination that way, and without speaking to the sailors on the subject -- by this, and kindred actions, I say, he had contracted the cordial dislike of the whole ship's company; and long since they had bestowed upon him a name unmentionably expressive of their contempt. Redburn. His First Voyage
Besides, how have you bestowed this gift?
But it avails little if we reach agreement on this doctrine or that but are in fundamental disagreement about the sacramental nature of the Church in inseparable unity with Christ and the salvation he bestows.
The rich tolerate the poor by taxpaying and contribution, i. e. bestowing on the poor their own resources and wealth.
It is a gift, bestowed on relatively few people, and certainly not something to be mandated.
Johnny is a complex man, working to come to terms with the haunting gift that has been bestowed upon him.
What seems indisputable is that sporting immortality couldn't be bestowed on a more modest or endearing human being. Times, Sunday Times
Is it paternalistic approval bestowed whether it is really deserved or not, or acknowledgement of output targets that are routinely reached.
How amatory God contingency be to have bestowed this ray of light in to his miserable life. Archive 2009-11-01
For the mental toiler, also, it is equally important that the period devoted to the restoration of brain material and the imbibition of a fresh supply of nerve power for the ensuing day's requirements should be passed under circumstances the most favourable for bestowing them. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken
Encouraged by politicians, many adults indulge the infantile fantasy that the Government can bestow gifts on us while imposing costs on no one. Times, Sunday Times
The coldest-blooded amongst us, Mr. Massingham of _The Nation_ for example, must confess that it was a moment rich in the emotion which bestows immortality on incident when this son of a village schoolmaster, who grew up in a shoemaker's shop, and whose boyish games were played in the street of a Welsh hamlet remote from all the refinements of civilization and all the clangours of industrialism, announced to a breathless Europe without any pomposity of phrase and with but a brief and contemptuous gesture of dismissal the passing away from the world's stage of the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns -- those ancient, long glorious, and most puissant houses whose history for an æon was the history of The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster
Unlike the philanthropies Crozier applauds such as Living Cities and Cities of Service which give money to a local council to in turn fund an initiative the city has defined, IBM Foundation's Smarter Cities Challenge bestows grants in the form of the company's own consulting services and technology. Jeffrey Inaba: How Smart Are Public-Private Partnerships?
It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
The first prize was bestowed upon the winner.
It stems from a misguided perception that greatness is bestowed at birth and pours out onto the page like water, perfectly formed and written. Excuses, Excuses « Write Anything
It is the literary award that has bestowed instant celebrity on some of the brightest writers in the English language. Times, Sunday Times
Nor could you expect some sage old workman to take you under his wing and bestow upon you his store of knowledge.
These were the only honours bestowed on this legendary maestro during his lifetime.
The sentiment of travelling is always conveyed in the ancient bas-reliefs and vase paintings by certain conventional signs or accessories bestowed upon the figure represented, viz., a broad-brimmed and low-crowned hat ([Greek: petasos], Lat. Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
Their Progenitor was the famous Frankenstein's monster, and their Bestowment is Unholy Strength.
It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
None the less it is safe to say that the concoction of a similar ode by the aid of the trade-mark words invented in the British Isles would be a task of great difficulty on account of the paucity of terms sufficiently artificial to bestow the exotic remoteness which is accountable for the aroma of the American ode. Chapter 6. Tendencies in American. 3. Processes of Word-Formation
THE latest Christian prodnose to have martyrdom status bestowed upon her by the Christian Legal Centre, among others, had been warned to keep her religious beliefs to herself. The Freethinker
Has she not bestowed on him every gift in prodigality? I.6
Last time I checked, the Greatest Hits double album is technically a Led Zeppelin album, thus instantly bestowing the tracks contained therein with magic album power, making them suitable for official Zep-sanctioned listening. Led Zeppelin Makes Bold, Artistic Decision to Put Catalogue Online to Promote Greatest Hits Album | Best Week Ever
This year an uncustomary extra award was bestowed.
The prophetess of Delphi, and the priestess of Dodona, many are the benefits which in their phrensies (moments of inspiration) they have bestowed upon Greece; but in their hours of self-possession, few or none. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
On the Daily Politics, Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for culture and bestower of commercial treats to Rupert Murdoch, was questioned by Andrew Neil about Big Dave not seeming to realise that EU competition law will apply to the NHS under the Lansley reforms. Hugh Muir's diary
And since the clergy alone could rightly confer these, it was natural that they should claim the right to bestow ecclesiastical offices, including the lands ( "temporalities") attached to them, upon whomsoever they pleased without consulting any layman whatever. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe
But it's true a patch does bestow a buccaneering air on, for example, Snake Plissken, or Bond villain Emilio Largo, or Les Amants du Pont-Neuf's Michèle Juliet Binoche who goes one-eyed water-skiing down the Seine. Anne Billson – Cutter's Way and the great tradition of the film eyepatch
Mithra like the rest of the gods and goddess of the Iranian Pantheon was stripped of his sovereignty, and all his powers and attributes were bestowed upon Zarathustra.
Most of the given bestowals of nature have their given species-specified natures: they are each and all of a given sort.
As he passed along he would every now and then draw a maravedi out of his pocket and bestow it on a beggar, with an air of signal beneficence. Washington Irving
Then the king asks if they wotted where the wealth of the king was bestowed; and then says the bondmaid — “It may well be deemed that we know full surely thereof.” The Story of the Volsungs
Council leaders want to bestow the highest honour they can in recognition of Clough's achievements with Nottingham Forest.
It was the greatest honour that could be bestowed on her and she was very proud to be mayor.
How much willow ware have I got to 'bestow' on you?" inquired the The Harvester
The pleasure of this discourse had such a dulcifying tendency, that, although two causes of delay occurred, each of much more serious duration than that which had drawn down his wrath upon the unlucky Mrs. Macleuchar, our = Antiquary = only bestowed on the delay the honour of a few episodical poohs and pshaws, which rather seemed to regard the interruption of his disquisition than the retardation of his journey. The Antiquary
To begin with, it is significant to note that the Bible bestowed on Ruth, the foreign woman, the honor of being the foremother of the most important dynasty of the Jewish people — the house of David, from which the Messiah is to come. Biblical Women in World and Hebrew Literature.
When the most powerful alleviative known to medical science has bestowed the last Judas kiss which is necessary to emasculate its victim, and, sure of the prey, substitutes stabbing for blandishment, what alleviative, stronger than the strongest, shall soothe such doom? The Opium Habit
Their fellow natives pass and repass without noticing them or thought of bestowing aid or alms, and here it is not expected; they have passed beyond the pale of charity; it is the last ditch; they are here to die, not to receive alms. Archive 2009-09-01
Is this a mystical gift bestowed upon me in a meditative trance?
The packets of sugar I bestowed were inviolately kept for them, and given little by little, though evidently very tempting to the mothers themselves. Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago
These awaken our appreciation for all the gifts God has bestowed upon us and remind us of how much God loves us.
He must next be declared "beatified" (blessed), a title bestowed only on martyrs or those who have performed miracles. WN.com - Articles related to Boston Archdiocese welcomes 2 rectors as auxiliary bishops
She bestowed upon Gertrude a beautiful carcanet of pearls.
She had bestowed its goods liberally on her brother and his children, and granted corrodies far too freely.
According to the poet, Lord Ganesha, the Onkar-shaped omnipresent god, is the bestower of all kinds of boons.
The medal is the highest honour the association can bestow .
Not only is the self unable to bestow form from lived life, but also the objects themselves cannot receive it until they are abstracted from their lived-life utility.
Themselves, with their several and respective relations, dependencies, influences, circumstances, suited to that nature and being which was bestowed on them by his word in their creation, are settled in an exact correspondency to his purposes (of which afterward), not to be shaken or removed. The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
In our inspection debriefing, the two-star general team chief bestowed praise on everyone involved.
The confidence bestowed by his patron boosted his self-assurance and perpetuated his interest in becoming a professional sculptor.
I make not any doubt, but almes-deedes and prayers, are very mighty; and prevailing meanes, to appease heavens anger for some sinnes committed; but if such as bestow them, did either see or know, to whom they give them: they would more warily keepe them, or else cast them before Swine, in regard they are altogether so unworthy of them. The Decameron
The first collection which he published, intituled PAMELA, exhibited the beauty and superiority of virtue in an innocent and unpolished mind, with the reward which often, even in this life, a protecting Providence bestows on goodness. Sir Charles Grandison
In part, the inspiration consisted of the unpredictable bestowal of excessive praise and undeserved blame, a technique which he would later use to such effect with his own pupils.
He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember it.
Unofficially, and as far as anyone around here was concerned, the neighborhood was Felony Flats, a name bestowed by police officers some years earlier because of the concentration of criminals among the citizenry. The Sins of Brother Curtis
He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows one should never remember it.
It is the literary award that has bestowed instant celebrity on some of the brightest writers in the English language. Times, Sunday Times
When dinner was ended, the Abbot bestowed honorable garments on him, such as beseemed his degree and merit, and putting good store of money in his purse, as also giving him a good horse to ride on, left it at his owne free election, whether he would stay there still with him, or depart at his pleasure. The Decameron
So the disprized little gifts of God were bumped up the church steps, wheeled up the aisle, and bestowed in a prominent spot before the chancel rail. New Faces
Life at Court was in fact an endless pursuit of advantage, status, pensions, offices, and perquisites from those whom royal favour endowed with power to bestow them.
And as appeareth by your Agents wordes being at Varas, he and others sawe there so great abundance, that by report of diuers, you may bestow (if it were not for the Turkes) for a two hundred thousand pounds: besides silke of all colours died in graine, bound vp in pound waights, I thinke 15. of our ounces to their pound waight, and here sold for 23. shaughs, at 6.d. the shaugh, may be 11. s. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03
When an honour is bestowed, it isn't just for me. Daily Readings with Mother Theresa
Anymore than building a city on land that was previously only being used for seasonal hunting bestows autochthonal precedent on that city's inhabitants. Languagehat.com: NATIVE SPEAKER.
There he was, just 18 and at the start of a promising career, hurling javelins around as if they were paper aeroplanes and delighting in the accolades and awards bestowed upon him.
Indeed, if my dear husband is reading, the previous sentence does not apply to you, as the regular bestowal of gifts is part of the marriage contract.
It was the policy of the good old gentlemen to make his chileren feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home---feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
Page 26 the venerable Pontifex Maximus, for whom I have ever since felt the highest respect, had his driver stop, and, leaning out of the window, bestowed the "benedicite" (if correct in Church nomenclature), and moved on. Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,
Then we have a history of divinity bestowed on idols, rivers and trees by men.
The names bestowed on stations equally convey a message.
The medal is the highest honour the association can bestow .
Stripped to its essentials, her endeavor bestows a constitutional benediction upon the intellectual legerdemain that enables universities to practice racial discrimination.
As Mr Crummles had a strange four – legged animal in the inn stables, which he called a pony, and a vehicle of unknown design, on which he bestowed the appellation of a four – wheeled phaeton, Nicholas proceeded on his journey next morning with greater ease than he had expected: the manager and himself occupying the front seat: and the Master Nicholas Nickleby
stinting in bestowing gifts
It vexed him that the golden deeds of his youth had been largely forgotten and that no knighthood had been bestowed. Times, Sunday Times
During the greater part of the 19th C. our 'betters' debated long and hard as to whether it was worthwhile to educate us in order to maximise their profits from the industry and commerce which the Industrial Revolution had bestowed on the burgeoning British Empire [I always wanted to use the word burgeoning!]. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
The show explores the 15 minutes of fame bestowed on the participants of reality television.
We see, on the contrary, that after his victory, and to punish the Sarmatia is for the ravages they had committed, he withheld the sums which it had been the custom to bestow. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
bestow an honor on someone
Moreover, the language was changed in LBW from a benedictory bestowal formula to an epicletic prayer formula as in Baptism where the Spirit's gifts are also named: ‘the spirit of wisdom and understanding…’.
Retrospective condemnation is easy — this was a largely anti-Semitic population that had embraced the psychological and material benefits bestowed by a homicidal regime, and that remained inert in the face of what we now call genocide. Hitler's Co-Conspirators
Still steadily reposing against the bannisters, he worked hard at refining his paragraph, persuaded, since not summoned by Miss Margland, he had bestowed upon it but a few minutes, though he had been fixed to that spot near an hour. Camilla
It is the literary award that has bestowed instant celebrity on some of the brightest writers in the English language. Times, Sunday Times
Old Keltie, the landlord, who had bestowed his name on a bridge in the neighbourhood of his quondam dwelling, received the carrier with his usual festive cordiality, and adjourned with him into the house, under pretence of important business, which, I believe, consisted in their emptying together a mutchkin stoup of usquebaugh. The Abbot
He depicted a version of his scarred but curiously often blissful family life: nine siblings (three of whom died in infancy), a drained and loving mother, and a tortured, violent-tempered father who died when Davies was 6; his burgeoning homosexuality and struggle with his Catholic faith; the solace and rapture that the cinema bestowed on him. Intimate History
There is no 'godlikeness' without such bestowal, such 'imagining' into life. Clark Lectures, Trinity College, Cambridge Grace, Necessity and Imagination: Catholic Philosophy and the Twentieth Century Artist Lecture 4: God and the Artist
The self-conscious empiricism of their titles allows them to bestow on their reformed romances the status of lived experience, and therefore to assert their value as vehicles for readerly instruction.
Both women resent the lack of honours bestowed on their relatives. Times, Sunday Times
In one of the drawers of my nightstand is the gift which Miss Elving so kindly bestowed upon me.
When we read the praises bestowed by Lord Penzance and the other illustrious experts upon the legal condition and legal aptnesses, brilliances, profundities and felicities so prodigally displayed in the Plays, and try to fit them to the historyless Stratford stage-manager, they sound wild, strange, incredible, ludicrous; but when we put them in the mouth of Bacon they do not sound strange, they seem in their natural and rightful place, they seem at home there. Is Shakespeare Dead?
Too many honours have been bestowed on him, surely he should say enough is enough.
Only in this way will you receive the full enrichment a book is waiting to bestow. 23 Steps to Successful Achievement
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. John Milton
It is concerned with the process of transmutation of matter from one form to another and the transmission of the universal life force, symbolized by the ankh, carried by Isis, bestower of the universal life force - the Goddess.
It was a title bestowed upon him by the king.
There will most probably be never that one single purpose to chase after, there would never be that singular moment of absolute meaning and sense when I would be bestowed with a golden halo hovering above my head.
I chicaned to secure him a fine room, which his lady-mother furnished "like a bridal chamher", if our Nassau cynics were to be credited, -- introduced him where it was necessary, and exercised generally towards him that distinguished patronage which one who "knows the ropes" is able to bestow upon a very Freshman. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860
It was the Prince who first proposed that such a badge of merit should be introduced, the Queen who warmly accepted the idea, and in person bestowed the Cross on its first wearers, thereby giving it an unpurchasable value. Great Britain and Her Queen
We'd want to make sure we really have something before we go out and bestow the gift on others. Christianity Today
For hauing wherof, our Lord did put into the head of my vmercifull father to send thee vnto me, and truly I will bestow some teares vppon thee, although I was determined to die, without sheading any teares at all, stoutlie, not fearefull of any thinge. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
Fortune had seemed to strive with a kind of rivalship which should bestow most on the colonel. Amelia — Volume 2
To condescend to grant or bestow ( a privilege, for example ); deign.
(a sentence to which Scott's description of him as “a man of great genius” may be successfully opposed); and is especially severe on what he terms his affectation in disclaiming the compliments bestowed on his learning by some of his friends. Letters of Horace Walpole 01
The destruction of a goy is the sole positive achievement which Roth bestows on his creation. Philip Roth and the Jews: An Exchange
To his credit, the former centre‑back, described somewhat fancifully as a Derby and West Ham "legend" at Derby maybe, but I think you have to play for a team longer than a couple of seasons to have legendary status bestowed upon you, smiled enigmatically, and swatted it away like he used to troublesome attackers. It's worth staying up, if only to avoid a night in with Manish | Martin Kelner
It was as if our dealings with Mr Hall had bestowed on us some sort of special status.
And what of dignity or meaning could be said? where talking of sacred subjects is not allowed, under the pretext that it scatters those blessings which should be carefully treasured up; and bestowing much information concerning the secular plans of economy practiced by your own to the other sex is not approved; and where to talk of literary matters would be termed bombastic pedantry and small display, and would serve to exhibit accomplishments which might be enticingly dangerous. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. Franklin D. Roosevelt
It also bestows a sense of pride that Scotland is still producing quality raw ingredients - ready to be converted into oatcakes, mealie puddings and brose.
Both women resent the lack of honours bestowed on their relatives. Times, Sunday Times
Greater care is bestowed upon them, and the main consideration is never lost sight of -- it is the ambition of every estanciero to have his cattle graded up so that they are looked upon as "freezers," which means that they are good enough to be purchased by one or other of the refrigerating companies, who take nothing but the best. Argentina from a British Point of View
Wherefore the first practical principles, bestowed on us by nature, do not belong to special power, but to a special natural habit which we call synderesis. Matt J. Rossano: Thomas Aquinas: Saint of Evolutionary Psychologist?
a _jugum_ [= jugerum, about two-thirds of an English acre] of land so bestowed on the "sacrosanct" Church has been taken away from her, and is unlawfully held by the despoiler. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
At last, their dispute came near to an open declaration of hostilities, the incensed episcopalian bestowing on the recusants the whole thunders of the commination, and receiving from them, in return, the denunciations of a Calvinistic excommunication. Old Mortality
So, perhaps to bestow gravitas on her, or at least some upper-classiness, the show establishes that she went to Bryn Mawr. Mad About Mad Men
He cites instances in which priests served as bishops without episcopal ordination, acting only with the potestas bestowed by the jurisdictional authority of Rome.
Why is it that they bestow their ardour upon the well-adjusted, wholesome architects of pop's fatal new maturity?
Although most people would use this evil to enslave their enemies, bestow upon them unlimited wealth, or give them godlike powers, I prefer using it to make the water in my toilet rotate slightly faster.
A person's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving.
Before, Great-Grandfather was only a low-ranking samurai, but after he saved the shogun, he bestowed upon him his name, and that is how we are today.
My question is, why should the lawmakers allow all those benefits to be bestowed on the former president, while there are people in this country who are living below the breadline?
Germans abandoned their immense forests to the exercise of hunting, employed in pasturage the most considerable part of their lands, bestowed on the small remainder a rude and careless cultivation, and then accused the scantiness and sterility of a country that refused to maintain the multitude of its inhabitants. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Levite," once the title of honour bestowed on all priests, became more and more confined to members of the second order of the clergy. Prolegomena
The portentous dignities bestowed upon officials and sympathizers were partly for Roman consumption, setting him up as arbiter of status and palace-based master of the city.
The agnomen Asricanus was bestowed upon Publius Cornelius Scipio, on account of his great achievements in Africa.
These days it seems loyalty is a quality bestowed in very few sportsmen. The Sun
These will suffice them in place of all other things, as they receive into themselves him who is the cause and the bestower of all blessing.

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