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stirred

[ US /ˈstɝd/ ]
[ UK /stˈɜːd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
    too moved to speak
    very touched by the stranger's kindness
  2. emotionally aroused
  3. set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend

How To Use stirred In A Sentence

  • “When I mentioned Mr. Snow’s name belowdecks it stirred up quite a fuss,” she said. The Berrybender Narratives
  • Of course the 'nester' or 'punkin roller,' as we contemptuously called the small farmer, began sifting in here and there in spite of our guns, but he was only a mosquito bite in comparison with the trouble which our cow-punchers stirred up. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
  • Both have maintained they have been hard-done by and both have stirred up a public furore over whether they are the victims of the justice system.
  • They will drink their wretched heartless stuff, such as they call claret, or wine of Medoc, or Bordeaux, or what not, with no more meaning than sour rennet, stirred with the pulp from the cider press, and strained through the cap of our Betty. Lorna Doone
  • You don't add the peanut butter until after you've stirred in the honey.
  • Three parts" means three-quarters of a pint, and "skilly" is a fluid concoction of three quarts of oatmeal stirred into three buckets and a half of hot water. The People of the Abyss
  • Instead of or in addition to a bonding primer, a bonding additive can be stirred into the first of two topcoats.
  • When the beans are cold he stirred in more fresh dill and enough strained Greek yoghurt to bind them into a soft dip.
  • Strangely, having run his fastest to get to her, Hyacinth seemed almost reluctant to knock at the door, or enter without knocking, and while he was hesitating on the doorstone her singing ceased, and she came out to see whose fleet footsteps had stirred the small stones of the pathway. The Hermit of Eyton Forest
  • It is good with couscous, drizzled over char-grilled vegetables, thinned out with extra virgin olive oil for a spicy, rose-scented marinade or dressing, or stirred into mayonnaise and dolloped on to grilled fish or chicken.
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